Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 19, Bloomington, Monroe County, 24 August 1881 — Page 1

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noon i M'ltlelan who nndest the wbele woiM tn tone! rj drinker, good tallow, bj smut ma a boon. Tf !1 me, i I in the fields -were to lire, now, To !-p ra- leaves and 'towns; Bliea to dtva, now, Tn hhwI mil iaiuk Bnma Mr art.1 t

And jiw up aU Uvmght kow W rtaaj aiia lahlw,

But lie in the graaa cn the ra-fnk of the ri w, " Stngisg wo lid such a ntoe Htm last forever r

would rammer ne'er go? Would lasVar have hi

pniver lit winter's sold blasta for nrr lack of endeavor?

What? Ton say that ttw naamar is ax vat a-oing That yon .io not feel winter breath jet a-Mowing; . laat tom ana easy ha rcned-whCe they're grow tog; T:t, In hjrrrft 'tla batter be i iiIim than acwiiic -JSoitom't Mtntklg.

uu uemTRT m Take cock thy itifta I crave not one To keep for memory 'a sake; I would not hire the eight of them On e fosui-arrat awaka, - A withered rate ah I onm so fair. Faded and worth lefts now; Fit emlriem of oar sweet, dead past, Acd owry broken tow. One tiny eorL from off thy brow. Held with a knot of bhw; " Be this a toket,." th-n yon raid, " My love lor thee turne." Take unci thy ring -a onij iwarl Of rarest parity; As emblem of oar lore," yoa asid. " Through aU ehnattyl" I cannot say, tke back thy kwe, I'm rare 'twui never mine Woold ant a huait that's truly giro. Men (instant prove than thine? And thns we part IwiBnotsar lt ceases ax no pain; A brightness from my life baa gone Thatne'er will come again.

JACKSOSI AID BEIT03.

In hia evenifsl lite Andrew Jackson received wounds in personal encounters similar to those received by President Garfield. His arm was shattered in an affray with Co). Thomas H. Benton in 1812, and he was shot throat the body in a dael with Charles Dkikinaon in 1806, The afrray with Col. Benton originated in an act of good nature on the part of Gen. Jackson. Gen. Wb, Carroll, t hen a young man, had been challenged by Jesse, a brother of Thomas H, Benton. Detrpairing of finding a suitable second m N&shvat., Carroll lode oat to' the Hermitage, and solicited Gen. Jackson's services, Jackson had been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee and a member of Congraea. At first he demurred. Carroll aasnred hira that it was no ordinary quarrel. He asserted that there was a ouospiraey to ran him out of the country. Jackson made in

quiries, and found that to preserve bis honor Carroll was forced to accept the ehaUenge. He officiated as Carroll's second. Jesse Benton was wounded as ingkaaoosly as. Mr. Favtthnpy in "Mad-

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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881. New Series.--VOL. XV.-NO. 19.

At the time of the duel CoL Thomas

H. Benton was in Washington trying to save Jaokson from lankruptoy. They were great friends. The Colonel, how

ever, wsa enraged- to near that Jaokson had befriended his brother's antagonist. He wrote him, denouncing his; conduct in the most offensive terms. The General replied that before addressing him the Colonel ought to hare written him for : cj olaaaiioe , and nut have-listened to the tales of interested parties. Banton wrote still more angrily, accusing Jackson of contacting the dnai in. a "savage, unequal, unfair and base manner." On his way back to Nashville he publicly and repeatedly denounced the General, using the bitterest language Jackson heard it; and was most incensed. Benton's mother had been good to him when he was a bry in North Cnrofcnav His' gratiteda' hod abady prevented a rencontre between the two hotheads. This-jtime, however, he took OM HSTRort ,by the Eternal that, he wordd horsewhip Tom Benton thefat time' he - net hun. All Kasltyille, jntnessetl tlie tow.' Benton reached the citylbursting with wrath anil defiance. Hearing of Jackson's threat, lie resolved to preserve the peace. Hj wgulntUbau: seejt.npr fly tiie threotesed attack. Rts lier Jaso ..jome4r.lttii bfe he readied 3twsMtvCle; lost. or going tjSthf 3Kashja!rIon,keir Usnal rtoort, abey rqreoUWthe Oity Hotel. . Jaldfoon abi pnt up ai. theNashvaie Honse. By- tf ?giag at the City Hotel CofcSBentoa faocipij hat he woold avoajftlre Cveneral, unless be ohose to go onfc-orhis way to seek.him. He armed in Nash vino Sept, ft, 1813L- Jackson asd his friend, CoL Cofifee, rode into town .the rone afternoon, and pot np at the Nashville Inn. CoL Coffee smilingly remarked that they had come to get their letters. About 9 o'clock on tbe next morning tlw rVloitel proposed to Gen. Jaekaon that they should stroll over to tb poatoffieo. They started. The Gen- . -ral had a riding whip in bis hand. He alw woteaBtnafipword. Tbepoetoftee wan situated on the politic sqrtare. On the corner erf u little alley jnst beyond the City Hotel. There were two wayaof gytlinutoitfeomtlieKaahvaiolnn. wasacroas tne angiaof thosqnare, and the other was to kep the sewalk and so axoond. Coffee and Jackson took the short' oat. When abcut tnrkJway between their inn and tbe ptasaoffiee Coffee observed CoL Benton standing in tfra doorway of ttes City HoteL He was drawn up to his foil height, and was looking doggers at then. "Do yoa see thatrfcMow T aakl Ctoffet) to JaoJon. " Oh, ye," the Genet al rapned, withoat tarning his bad; "I hare my eye on him." . . They went to the postofSce and got their letters. On their return they kept down the sidewalk. CoL. Benton bad posted himself at- the front door of tbe City Hotel. His brother Jesse tXooA near him. . Parton, describes what followed. On ernmg upctfwbenaoL Benton stood, Gax Jackson andatdondly tnmed toward bim, isdjip m bend, payiag: "Now, yen rascal I ra going to pankkyoo. DofartrlyonrsaHJ" . Benton -pet- hand p his breastpocket.' He rwemed bj be fumblinj' for his pistol. Asqniek as lwhrrriag jfackson drew a piAA from behind him and leveled it at Benton. The latter recoiled aadJaoboh tHiTanotalTirxmhhn. i Beitton stepped slowly batacwaitr nstil he reached the back do, of .the hoteL The muzzle of Jackson's- pistol was three leetfioin liis-boart. Thdy ware turning down the back piazza when Jesse Benton entered tbe pas; tag behind them. Seeing Ids brother's danger, he vised his pistol and fired nt Jackson. The piatol was loaded with two bnband a large alng. Tne.lng took effect in Jackson's left shoulder, sbaHmlug it hoariblr. One of the balls stTuck the thick part of hitilefthjpaJidb-Tirfit the oone. TBS other baD spbntered tne board partition at bis aide. Jaokson fell across the entry, btaechng ptxtosely. CoL Coffee bad remahiMoatHide. Hearing tbe report of the pistol, boaptang into tbe entry. He saw Jackson prostrated at the feet of Col. Benton. Contending that tbe Colonel had bad bim low, Cofiee ranhed upon him, pistol in band, tc ttrike linn with tbe butt of tm jnatoL whan Benton, in stepping backward, came to a stairway and fell headlong to the bottom. Conee, thinking fit hogs da oonil :-t, hastened to the gasistanoe of his w: nnded friend. kVeiy Hays, aaanfaswof Mr. Jaek-

eon and c devoted fnond to the General, stood near the Nashville Inn when he heard the report of Jesse Benton's pistol. He rcn with all speed to the City Hotel,' and saw Jackson lying on the Soar, weltering in bis blood. Unlike .Coffee, be saw who had fired the deadly charge. Hays was a giant. He drew a long and glittering blade from bis sword cane and made a lange at Jesse with such frantic force that "it would have pinned bim to the wall had it taken effect. The point struck a button, and the slender blade was broken to pieces. Hays drew a diri -and threw Jesse to tbe floor. Holding him down with one hand, he raised the dirk to plunge it into hia breast. Jesse diverted the blow by seizing the coat cuff of the descending arm. The weapon only pierced the fleshy part of his left -arm. Hays madly strove to disengage his arm, and in so doing jpve J, s several flesh wounds. At last, with a mighty wrench, he tore his cuff from the man's convulsive grasp, poised the dirk bigh in air, and was abont to bury it in Jesse's heart, when it bystander caught the upifted liand and prevented the farther Jredding of blood.. Others interfered.

Lti-id qtriet irsis restored. , . ' .

faint from tne loss ol blood, Jackson was conveyed to a room in the Kashville Inn; His wound bled fearfully. Two mattresses were soaked through, and the General was reduced almost to the last gasp. Every doctor in Nashville, with one exception, recommended the amputation of the shattered arm. "ITl keep my arm," said the wounded man, and he kept it No attempt was made to extract the ball, and it remained in his arm for twenty years. Tno wounds were dressed with slipperyehn poultices, audit was two or three weeks before Jackson could leave his bed. A little over a year afterward he fought the battle of New Orleans. The Bentons remained for an hour or more upon the scene of the affray, denouncing Jackson ns an assassin. The General's small sword had been dropped in tbe struggle, and remained on the dour of the hoteL CoL Benton broke it tn the public square, accompanying the act wjth words defiant and contemptuous, tittered in the loudest tones of his thunlering voice.' The General's friends, groope&aMand tbe eouoh of their.bleeding chief, disregarded these demonstrations, and the victorious and exulting

OTomers retireo. um. Kenton, npwever, quickly found it very hot for him. Two veeks afterward be "wrote : - MI am literally in hell here. I have he Bieanest wretches under heaven .to t contend with ham, affidavit-makers and .homeless cowRrdg. All Jackson a poptits are at work on me. They will be utonisned at what will happen. It is tot them, but their master, whom I will told accountable. .The scalping knife f . Tecumseh is mercy compared with he affidavits, of these villains. I am in fie middle of helL I can see no alternative but to kill, or be killed, I will not crouch to Jackson. The. fact that I utd my brother defeated him and his tribe and broke-his small sword in the publio square will forever rankle in his bosom, and make him thirst after vengeance. My Hie is in danger. Nothing bat a decisive duel ean save me or even .irive me a chance for my own existence. & is a' settled plan to turn out puppy aft n puppy to bully me, and whon I get into a scrape to have me killed somehow in the scuffle. Afterward the affidavitmakers will prove it was honorably "done." - . Benton did not again meet Jackson until 1824, when, both were members o( the United States Senate. A reconciliation was effected, and ever afterward they were the warmest friends. 2?ew York Sun.

'tjMea EBfafeetu EigHnh. We are reminded, says a writer in B- lgravia, of the celebrated letter of Qneen Elizabeth to 'Sir Christopher Hatfon, by Stoke Pogis manor. It was invested in his daughter-in-law, the widow of Sir William Hatton, who mar. ried Sir E. Coke, and it does not seem that she was happy with the great man, for they lived -separately for some time; and, on bearing of the death of Coke she went at once to claim it with her brother, fjord Wimbledon; but at Colnebrook she met the physician, who assured her that the great lawyer had improved in health, and she went back to London much disappointed; There is more than one version of Sir Christopher Hattcn's obtaining possession of the Bishop of Ely's house in Holborn. It is even said that in the first instance be only wished to build a townhouse in tbe razden. but the Bishoo ob

jected, and then be thought that Ely

Jtiaoa itself would suit hun better, and hence thA wellrinown letter of the Queen toJhe.BwbW. But.probably there was really a gentle bint to his Lordshipfiiat the iord Keeper wanted the honWfor hi town residence on lipase, and that was sufficient to induce, tbe prelate to offer it Qneen Elizabeth, theS navmg herself taken a fancy to it, occupied it in place of the Lord Keeper ; bat a new Bishop of Ely, who considered the see and all its belongings saored, entered an objection to tbe airangernent, 'and received the reply which makes anything in the " Complete Letter Writer read very weak indeed: " Pbodi" PsKhaiB : Ton know what yon was before I made yon what you ar a now ; if you do not immediately comply with my request, by 1 will unfrock yoa EUZASCTH." Jtgnr ntuaps in raits. 4 Tbe market for cizar stumps, which I

looked in upon in the Place Maubert yesterday, k a veritable Parisian corios.

lay. j.ne piace is run oi nie ana activity from 8 until 11 o'clock in the forenoon. A kilogram of stamps is worth 1 franc 50 eenitmes to 2 fr. 50 c, according to the length of the stoma. Chean-

r cigar stumps - bring lower prices.

j. nere are lonr or five wholesale dealers in cigar stomps who .have their headquarters in the nine saloons in the vicinity of tbe market, and there deal with the old men and women, and ragged little boys said girls, who go about the streets picking np these stumps. Much of tbe tobacco thus scraped together is sold to exportewj who make it Hp in fine cigarettes. There wat once an old fellow who bought cigar stumps for a living, who died worth 13,000 francs a year. These pickers-up of ends and half smoked cigarettes are quite a nuisance to those people who frequent the boulevard naes. They are forever getting in one's way, burrowing about one's legs, hunt, injr for the eoveted stump. From the heights of the Bue Mouffetard and the Rue Montmartre swarms of these laza roni swoop down upon Paris and moke us miserable with their intolerable pres.' anee. Pari Letter. A Boston brewer says that men in a btcwery never get drank, although they drink often, and gives as a reason that th?y stick to one kind of ben and do not ema; iWr alrinka.

FIRM NOTES. Thti Htudents f.t the Iowa College Farm last year madia all the sugar they used, from orangD cane. Iowa people ra going largely into the, making of sugar from sorghum. It !S found in my owe experience .that nrine collected into tanks from fifty oows tied up during the winter months is sufficient to keep in a high condition seven or eight acres of meadow land. London Agricultural Gazette. Injects as they relate to man are noxious, beneficial or neutral. Those ranked as bonefioial may be directly beneficial, like the sil&worm or honey bee, or are indirectly beneficial as destroyers of noxious insects, Sfeakiwo of the pioneers of cattle breeding, the Live Stoojt Becorfi jvimitrks: "The obstructions now in the wf.y of breeders are by no means those which met Bakewcll, Colling, Bates, and Booth. They had to lay the foundation and build from the ground up, while at this time these are found ready to hand, and it only remaios with the present breeder to keep them v.p to the standard of excellence of judiciuus orosu--ing and true breeding." Cotjstthb Oouv. No sum m flV to manage a farm who does not think btv foreliand what is best to do, and which is the best way to do it Work without thought, without plan, haii been the blunder of many who pretend to be farmers. Bcitiing crops without knowl

edge as to their cost, or thought as to whether they will sell or not, has sapped miiny a fortune More forethought in tho management of a farm is required th:in in most any other portrait .followed by man, and tbe forehanded farmer, is always tbe one who counts toe cost, and closely calculates all matters that appertain to the farm, not that a farmer it nesessarAly obliged to make shifts and turns in order to succeed, but simply to count tbe cost, Baxxz Hobhes. It ia rarely, well to whip or kick or scold a balky horse, as ia the common praotioe. One of the bejt methods is to feed vkere he stand:, with any accoHsiblo fo(xl, such as, oats, ea .-s of com, or even grass by the wayside, or hay from the wagon, which" can be .provided for the emergency. . Forgetting his whim he will generally start without trouble. Another good way to do something not harmful, but new, which will direct his thoughts, and bofore he knows it he will be jogging unconsciously along. Sometimes, if one eau spare the day, it is best to wait till, from uneasiness and hunger, the animal submits to the will of his driver, and tiie triumph in this instance is generally co nplete. In any event, it is poor policy to whip And abuse the animal, be-ca-ise it does no good. Indications of Tftn Weather. The eolbr of the sky at particular times affords wonderful good guidance. No only a rosy sunset pressages good weather, bat there are other tints which speak with equal clearness and accuracy. A bright yellow sky in the evening iiidi cases wind ; a pole yellow, wet ; a neutral gray color constitutes a favorable one in tho morning. The clouds are again full of meaning in themselves. If their forms ami soft, undefined, full and feathery, tbs weather will be fine ; if their edges are hard, sharp and definite, it will be foul Generally speaking, any deep, unusual hoes betoken wind and rain; while the more quiet and delicate Hubbe apeak fair weather. It is very true, however, that all signs in regard to tluw( ather some times are deceptive and faiL BEnuxa by Weight. It cannot be ienied but what the fairest way in disposing of articles from the farm is by weight It is the only propar way ; and why? Let ns take eggs, for instance ! A dozen of large eggs, under the present system of truffle, brings no more thiui a dozen of small ones. No one will pretend to say there is any justice in this. Then take potatoes or turnips, or apples or onions, or fruit of any kind. A person who understands "dark ways" can make, by measuring by the bushel or quart, a good deal more or less, according to the interests that suits him.

In all the berries sold in this market by thu quart there is a leakage in the moasaru in most instances. Honest scales trcn't cheat It is just as right to sell wool by the fleece as it ia eggs by the dozen or hay by the load as to sell potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, apples, berries by the quart or bushel. There is no justice in it, neither is there any representation in it TLe only fair way in either buying or aal ling farm produots is by the weight There is n good deal said about sheep brooding in this country, and (lie ml van tagos respectively presented by Hie Rrossy mountain or Western prarie Innti for sheep culture are commented on by exchanges and correspondents. Bnt Australia, it is probabfe, exceeds a-n other port of tho world for sheep. The Government Gazette for Canterbury and Oingo, New Zealand, gives a list of a few owners and flocks, ts follow, in the colonies of the antipodes. : Not Zealand ana Ar.xtralum'Land Co.. 380,030 Mr. Robert Campbell 1 30(,000 Mr. George Henry Mooro 90,000 Uessrg. Dalgety 4. Co. 208,000 Messrs. Clifford Jfc Wold , 8O.O0O 8ir Dillon Bell 82,000 Hon. William Robinson B8.000 fiir Cradofli Wilson 4S.O00 Mr. Kitchen 80,000 Mr. AlKra Molioan 60,000 There are a number of millionaires among the Australasian sheperds. Mb. J. C. Wood, a fai-mer of Switzerland County, Indiana, says tbe best way of killing the common sheep sorrol in meadows i to. treat it liberally with old brine. He says the rusty brine from old pork barrels is certain death to the sorrrel a fact worth knowing. Fresh salt brine ia not so destructive to tbe sorrel. Hioh Fahhtno. High farming fa a system of tillage and farm management thai) is self-staining, a system that takes-nothing but the bare land, the domestic animals, the farm implements and machinery, and cultivates the soil, si abiins the family and the animals, pays the annual taxes, defrays the expunses incident to 'the iraprovamonts that must be made on the farm, cancels tlie aunuid interest on the money invested in the land, eventually pays for the land, all from the products of the soil cultivated ; and ar one, two or three decades of years, leaves every acre in a far better state of fertility than the soil was tt the beginning. This is high farming. There are untold numbers of quiet, unobtrusive tillers of the soil in many of our States, who have commenced precisely as wo have indicated, without one dollar of cash capital, who have had no revenue whatever besides the natural resources of their cultivated fields, and who havo by hard work and judicious management huk tamed their families, paid for their landu, erected all of then buildings, paid for all their vainable improvements, and at the same time,

havo brought their land- to that state of productiveness by their judicious management, that eveiy acre yields a- miii'h, if not more, than it did originally in a state of natairn. This is high farming. Yet such a system is often sneered at simply because tha proprietor know how to save his money to defray expensa ol improvements, there is no need of land becoming impoverished, even when it bears a crop every year. Proper cultivation with plenty of manure is tho key to high faming. Minneapolis Tribune. HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

From tbe Detroit Fr e Press Household.) Pus Orbst fob Fottb SmaiiI., Pies, One and a half cups lard, one cup c )ld water, three and a half eups flour ; mix lard and flour together ; add water Inst Horss Radish Smjoe. Two teaspoonfuls mode mustard, two of white mignr, one-half teaspoonful salt, a gill of vi:iegar ; rmx and pour over grated horse radish. Excellent with beet Vinegar Pre. One cup snsnr, one cup vinegar, one-qu irter cup hot water, p, piece of butter the siz8 of a wal.mt, three tablespooufuls flnur ; season with cinnamon and allspice. Min'oe Pie Without Aepi.es or Meat. One cup sugar, one-half butter, one cup molasses, one cup vinegar, one cup chopped raisins, tno cups warm w:it,r. four crackers rollefl, two teaspoonf-ala cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful cloves, one-half teaspoonful pepper. Baked Duck. To cook a dnck satis

factorily boil it first., until tender ; this con be determined by trying the wing, as that is always a tough part of a fowl. When tender take it out, rinse it in clean water, stuff and put it in the oven for about three-quarters of an hour, basting it often. ' Made Mtjbtakd. Pour a very little boiling water over three tablespoonf-.il of mustard ; odd one salt spoo- fnl f salt, a tablespoonful of olive oil, st m d slowly in, and one teaspoonful of sugar; add the yolk of an egg; bent well together and pc ur in vinegar to taste. It is best ;aten next day. Soft So.- Take six gallons of soft or rain water, add three pounds of best hard soap (out fine), one pound salsoda, four tablespoonfuls of hartshorn; boil the whole till perfectly dissolved ; pour into vessels, and when cold it is fit for two. This makes fifty pounds of fiuo jelly soap. Fruit Bisourra. One coffee cup sugar, one cup butter, one cup raisins (seedless are best), one egg, three teaspoonfuls i eking powder; flavor with vanilla and lemon extract to taste ; the raisins to be chopped fine. Boll out and cut thin with a biscuit cutter. Bake in a dripping pan with a greased paper in the bottom of tin. Con Cutlets. Stoam the cod till nearly done; cut a slice and have a batter of self-raising flour ready. The batter is good when mixed with one egg and water; put the piece of fish in the batter in the pan ana fold it over when it sets, having first sprinkled popper and salt on. Make the cutlets as well ehape'd is you can. Have potatoes cut in small balls and fried. It b Cream. To eaoh quart of milk add four eggs and half a pound of sugar ; beat yolks and sngiir together; beat whites stiff, and add. Have the milk scolding hot, pour it over the sugar and eggs beating all at th same time ; then put it on the fire again, and as soon a:i it thickens take off and (.train into freezer to cool. When cold add any flavoring extract preferred, and if you wish, one pint of cream, and freeze. Slosh the ice in a cloth not too fine, of course and mix plenty salt with it around the churn, being careful not not to let salt get inside. Apple Marmalade. Pare, core and out the apples in small pieces ; put them in water with.- aome lemon juice keep them white ; after a short interval-'take .them out and-drain them; weigiyjand put them, in fa stewpan with an equal quantity of sugar; add grated lemon fid, the juice of a lemon, some cinnamon sticks and a pin oh of silt, Pluce tho stewpan oyer n briak fire and cover it closely. When the apples are reduced to a pulp, stir the mbtture until it beoomes of a proper consistency, and put the marmalade away in timoirpots. Portable Lemonade. Press your hand on the lemon and roll it bock and forth briskly on the table to make it squeeze more easily, tbeu press the, juice into a bowl or tumbleri never use tin. strain out all the seeds, as they give a bad taste. Remove aU the pulp from the peels and boil in water, a pint) for n dozen pulps, to remove the aciiL A few minutes' boiling is enongh ; then strain the water with the juice of tho lemor-s ; put a pound of w!iite tugar to a pint of tbe juice boil ten minutes ; bottle it, and your lemonade is ready. Pat in a teaspoonful or two of this syrup into a glass of water and you have a cooling and healthful drink. To Clean White Hum. Lace. The lace is stretched over small clean slips of wool to keep it evenly spread out, hud , over night in warm milk, to which a little soap has been added, rinse in fresh water, laid fo the same length of tune in warm soap-lye, and finally rinsed without any friction. Linen lace is best cleaned by covering the outside ol a

large glof-s bottle smoothly with stout !

liuen or white flannel, upon which the lace is sewn in a number of coils, and over the whole some coarse open tissue is secured. The bottl.j thus dressed is allowed to soak for a tame in lukewarm soft water, and the outside wrapping is then Tabbed with soap and a piece of flannel. After this the bottle is laid to sleep for some hours in clean soft water. It is then rolled between dry towels, dipped in rice-water, end rolled again. Finally tbe damp lace is unfastened from tbe bottle and ironed between linen cloths. ' The New York Graphic reports that "an old angler, who is vouched for as being 'a reliable as any fisherman on the river,' claims to have caught five glimpses of a mermaid in the Ohio, near Marietta. He says that it come:' to the

surface, looks about it and thou grauuallv sinks, leavine its beautifully lone

and glossy black hair floating for a moment on the water. Hs represents it as ,

having the face of a woman, and says that he didn't shoot tho strange creature because he feared that if be did he would ' get into some sort of a murder trial.' When asked whether the mermaid carried a comb or looking glass, he resisted temptation and answered: 'It might have, but I didn't see nny.' " It is said that the arm, as a great central life-giving, heat-diffusing luminary, emits 2,;soo,iMK).iiHt times nnre heat than that whirii ti e ea'il i.-fs-nva. Or, tim tot. I .uummt of lent emitted by tin--un is snit'ii-it'iit to uu-:' i. i-overing of so! !1 tee around its I" J j t-i ana a half muoa touok ia twenty -few hours.

THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

To bemsh plain and wholesome food : Earn what yon eat by an honest employment; ie regular at your meals and eat slowly. "Sonet spoil your taste by tlie use of tho " vile weed ' or by tho use of pungent ind heating fruits of the castor the mustard and pepper, or even the too free use of vinegar. The natural appetite is satisfied witn plain food till corrupted or vitiated by luxuries, " Ak ounce of prevention is worth a poand of euro." On this principle it is easier to prevent dyspepsia by tho uho of nourishing food, plain and easy of digestion, taken regularly and in moderate quantities, than by all the medicine of a drug store. And, indeed, since it is difficult to destroy the effect without the removal of the causo, it is simply imporfsibio to cure dyspepsia permanently while the diet is positively bod. All heat or warmth in the body eomea from food oxidized, slowljr burned in the body, just as much and in about tho same way that heat in the stove or furnace comes from fuel oxidized or burned there. Warmth is always escaping from the body, unless it is in an atmosphere nearly up to 1.00 degrees of heat Warm clothing, warm houses, stalls, shedn that prevent tho rapid escape of heat save tlie necessity of taxing' tbe stomach to digest an excessive amount of food fuel) to keep up the heat of the body, human or brute. More Uses for Carbolio Acid. According to the London Laneet tho use of carbolic acid has been found specially effective in till that class of local festering, pustulating diseases of the skin, which are at once so common and so difficult to cure ; they include all kinds of pustules, boils and carbuncles, sycosis, pustular acne and festering ringworm ; such strumous sores, especially of the neck, as come under the care of the physician ; also phthisis in its' second and third stages, and coses of broncliitis accompanied with more or less Eurulous expectoration. It is found, owaver, that, in order to be efficacious, the carbolio acid must be brought into contact with the port to be acted on, and the Lancet says that in many cases where the aeid has been found ineffective, the failure lias been due to a neglect to irmure this contact The Bus Cholera Medicine. Moro than twenty years ago, when it was found that prevention of cholera was easier than euro, a prescription drawn up by eminent doctors was published in the Sun, and it took the name of "the Sun cholera medicine." Our contemporary never lent its name to a better article. We have seen it in constant use for nearly two-score years and found it to be the best remedy for looseness of the bowels ever yet devised. No one who has this by him and takes it in time will ever have the cholera. We commend it to all our friends. Even when no cholera is anticipated it is an excellent remedy for colic, diarrhea, etc. Take equal parts of tincture of Cayenne pepper, tinture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence of peppermint and spirits of camphor. Mix well. Dose, fifteen to thirty drops in a little cold water, according to age and violence oi symptoms, repeated every fifteen or twenty minutes until relief is obtained. -rNew York JSiirnal of Commerce.

A Yillage of Terrors. A Detroiter who had business in a village in Washtenaw County drove out there in a buggy, and of course went to the iun for his dinner. The landlord made no inquiries until after ihe meal was eaten and paid for and he then found opportunity to inquire : "Were you going, out to "Sqnjre 'Brown's place? "' ' "No. " I didn't know but yon were a lightning-rod man, and I was going so say that the 'Squire has threatened to shoot tlie next one on sight We don't go much on thorn fellers around here, and I'm glad yoa are somebody elsa Maybe yoa are going over to Judge Hardy's to sell him aome fruit trees for fall setting?" " No. " " Well, that's lucky. Only yesterday tlie Judge was remarking to me that the next fruit tree agent who entered his gate would, want a coffin. Fact is, I myself have got to do some kicking to pay for being swindled on grape vines. Yon are not a patent-right man, eh?" " No. " " WeU, th it's a narrow escape for you. We've been swindled here on hay forks, cultivators, gates, pumps, churns, and a dozen other things, and I'm keeping sixteen dozen bad eggs for use when the next pateut righter shows his ace in this town, ' Perhaps you are . a lecturer?" "No. " "Well, you haven't lost anything. We never turn out very strong here to a lecture. Tke last man who struck us lectured on ' Our Currency,' but didn't take in enough of it to pay mo for his supper, l'ou are not a book-canvasser?" "That's soother escape. . We've been laid out hero so often that if an agent should offer to sell a $20 dollar Bible for fifty cents, ve'd suspect a trick to beat us. Strikes me now that you may be a lawyer?" ' - . "No." " Good 'naff. Last one who settled here had to leave town at midnight, and we don't want any more. Say, what are yon, anyway ? " "A politician, " replied the Detroiter. " A poli tician ! Then ' git ! For heaven's sake don't stand around here if you value your life I We've just impeached oar pound-master for embezzling the public money, and the exoitomeut is so intense that the Democrats will ride you on a rail or the Republicans duck you in the water-trough. Git right up and scoot I "Free -Pros,

Initials on Fruit. Did you ever see a name printed, on a growing apple, pear or peach? -No? Well, if you wish to have that pleasure, this is the way to obtain it : While tlie fruit yet bangs green upon the tree, make up ymr mind which is tho biggest and most promising specimen of all. Next, cut out from thin, tough paper the initials of the name of your l'ttlo brother or sister or chief crony, with round specks for tlao dots after the letters, and the letters themselves plain and thick. Then paste theso letters and dole on that side of the apple which is not turned to too sun, taking care not to loosen tho font's hold upon its stem. As soon an the apple is ripe, take oil the paper cuttings, which, having shut out the reddening rays of tlie sun, nave kpt the fruit green just beneath them, so that tlie name Of initials now show plainly. After that, bring the owner of the initials to play near the tree, and

say presently, "Why, what are those queer marks on that apple up there ? " You will find this quite a pleasant way to surprise the very tittle ones, and, of course, you can print a short pet name as easily as you can initials. St. Nicholas. )- ' Unprotected Hen. There has been a great deal of talk in tha papers abaut arresting "mashers," that is, young men who stand on the corners and pulverize women, and a great many good people got the idea it was unsafe to travel tlie streets. This is not the case. A woman might travel all day and half t'lo night and not be insulted. Of course, once in in a great while, a woman will be insulted by a man, the same as a man will be by a woman. No woman, unless she throws out one eye, kind of cunning, is in danger of having a male man throw out his other eye the same way. There has got to be two parties to a mashing match, and one must be a woman. Too many women act sort of queer just for fun, and the poor male man gets to acting improper before he realizes the enormity of the crime, and then it is everlastingly too late. Bat a female masher, one who is thoroughly bad, like the male loafers that have been driven from the corners, is a terror. She will insult a respectable man and laugh at bis blushes. One of them was arrested the other day for playing her act on a policeman who was disguised as a respectable grunger from Stevens Point. These female mashers are a tornado. Why, one of them met a respectable church member the other riight, and asked him how his liver complaint w:ts! He was a man who had been troubled with the liver complaint, and supposing she was some acquaintance, he stopped on the corner and talked with tbe pullet for about ten minutes, explaining to her the course of treatment he had used to cure him, and dozens of people passing by that knew him, and knew that he was clear off. Finally she asked him if he wouldn't take her to a restaurant and buy her a spring chicken and a small bottle. He told her if she would come up to his house sho could have abeu, and there were lots of bottles, both large and small, that she was welcome to. She told him to go to

hades, and be went in a drag store and

asked a clerk who that lady was he had been talking with, and when the clerk, who knew her, told him she was a road agent, a street walker, a female masher, the old man had to sit down on a box of drags and fan himself- with his hat. We mention this to show tin t the ladies ore not the only portion of our population that is liable to be accosted and insulted. The other uiglit a respectable merchant was going to tlie opera with a friend from the country, when a couple of sirens met them and one said to the other, "Look at his nibs," and she locked arms with him and asked him if he was not her darling. He said his name was not

"Nibs," and he would have to look at his memorandum book before be could tell whether he was her darling or not, but

from the smell of gin about her persou he should blush to extemporize. We do not give his exact language, bnt in the heat of debate he shook her and told her if she ever clawed on to bim again he would everlastingly go and tell her parents. And while he was talkiug with her the other one had seated herself beside his country frisnd on a salt barrel in front of a grocery mid was feeling in his vest pocket to see if he hasl any cloves. A female mashor is as much worse than a mate masher us you can im igino. Who ever heard of a male master feeling in an unprotected female's test pocket for cloves? O, the men are simply unprotected, and at tlie mercy ot wicked, dosigning women, and the police ought to protect them. Peck's Silt. . . Tbe i'ubllc Schools. It would seem that the irorst enemies of our common schools, as a general thing, are the trustees., snaerintendimts and teachers. Trustees are chosen, usually, because of their lack of education, their ignorance of the wants of parents and guardians, their utter inability to conduct the schools according to the idea and intention of the law, and their reckless disregard of common sense and the publie good. Superintendents, who should be cutting wood or pot tiding iron, are too often foisted upon the publio, and entirely too often they conduct themselves in a manner disgraceful to the positions they hold and area dead weight to the publicschool system. In other words, and to make it short, there are entirely too many jackasses holding positions as superintendents who cannot write a grammatical sentence or prepare an article fit

for publication in a respectable jouinaL Their sole idea seems to be to cram the pupil with a lot of silly stuff that is worse than no teaching.

In this city our public schools are trollnigh ruined by this policy and practice. In fact., our trustees this year were so heartily ashamed of the "progress" made in the public schools that for a long time they hesitated at holding "commencement" in public The only plan to save the public schools is to kick out all incompetents .and appoint none but competent, faith ful autl sensible superintendents and teachers. New Albany Publ&ti iV!w. Does Pleasure Pay I With the above words an English society journal opens an article on the current habit of good society in search of pleasure. It i unneeessay to say that pleasure, if it can be taken only as many fashionables tnko it, is not worth the time and money that it costs. No one enjoys this world's diversions ho little as those who pity most for their fun and devote most tune to it At the theatre and opera tho people who appear most pleased are those who sit in the cheapest seats and wear the poorest clothes, and elsewhere the rale is the same. All else being equal, the man who has the most money to spend can secure the moat enjoyment ia this world ; bnt one thing that thousands of people jeeni to forget is, that with all these things with pleasant possibilt ies a common rule of the table holds good it is no use to eat unless you have an appetite. The most forlorn dinner out in New York is the man who eats several dinners daily, and the the most unhappy man at; the theatre the man who finds fault with everything aud enjoys nothing ia he who goes to the theatre every night Pleasure is like desert very good to take after something substantial, but the most unsatisfactory of all things token as a steady diet Three little boys, on a Sunday, were stopped on the street by an elderly gentleman, who, perceiving that they had bats and balls with them, tusked one ol tlie number this question : " Boy, can you tell me where all naughty bo;rs go to who play ball on Sunday ? " " Over back of Johnson's dam I " the youngster replied.

A Republican House Elected. An examination of the list of members elected to tho Forty-seventh Congress, as prepared for and published in tbe Congressional Directory, shows that all calculations that place the Republicans in a rninority are erroneous. Tho election returns show that there were elected to tho Forty-seventh Congress as distinctive Republicans 151 members, Democrats 131, Greenbackers 9 and Readjusters 2. Since the election the Republicans have lost five members, namely : Conger of Michigan, .Prye of Maine, and Morton, Miller and Lapham of New York, and gained one i& the election of John T. Rich as successor to Mr. Conger, thus leaving the Republican net loss four. Thu would leave tlie present Republican membership 147, or the exact number necessary to constitute a quorum of a full Houso of 293 members. Since the election the Democrats have lost two members by death. Wood, of New York, and O'Connor, of South Carolina. O'Connor's election is disputed by his Republican competitor, E. W. M. Mockey, and all the testimony in the contest was complewtd before O'Connor's death. The Democrats held an election recently to fill the so-called vacancy, but the man chosen at this election, in which the Republicans took no part, will not be admitted to the roll. Deducting these two vacancies Wood and O'Connor from the Democratic members leaves tli6ir number 129. The nine members classified as Greenbackers are Mnrch and Lodd, of Maine, Hazeltine, Rice, Burrows and Ford, of Missouri, Hyatt Smith, of New York, B'rumm, of Pennsylvania, and Jones, of Texas. Of these, Messrs. Hazeltine, Bice, Barrows and Ilramm were elected as Greenback Republicans, each of them defeating the regular Democratic candidates. Messrs. Ladd, Murch, Ford and Jones were merubem of the lost Congress, and maybe regarded as distinctive Greenbackers with Democratic inclinations. Mr. Smith was chosen as a Dem -ocratic Greenbacker, but cannot with any degree of occumcy be classified as letween the two great parties. The two. Readjusters are also uncertain as to political identity, but it is very probable that they will not be induced to act with the Democrats. From this review of the membership of the next House, it will be seen that the political divisions stand as follows : Republicans, 147; Democrats, 122; Greenbackers, 9 ; Readjusters, 2 ; vacancies, 6; total, 2"93. Deducting the six vacancies leaven the membership now elected 287, of which lte is a clear maioritv.

The constitution of the United States

nrescribes that "a. majority of each

house shall constitute a quorum to do bnsines."." It has been hold that nnder

una clause a quorum consists of a maioritv of the actual membership': and

ui thist view the Republicans will have a

clear majority of f our, should the six . . . ..1.1 A,

vacancies not De miea until alter tne

organization : but in any event the Re

publicans have 147 members, who were

du tmctly elected as ltepuoucans, wmcn will rrive them a maioritv of the full

membership, and enable thara to elect a

Speaker and other officers witnout aid

from Ui-eenbaokers or iteaajusters. New York Times.

Bourbon Fustian.

The Virginia .Bourbons haws held their convention and' nominated their man, and mode a platform, and taken high ground, so far as words go, concerning State-debt -paying. In view of

their position as debt-payers, their guttering announcement is comicaL Here is the resolution, under which Artemus Ward would have written, " This is sar-kaatik;"

That the maintenance of the public credit of

virguitft la tbe essential means to tno promotion of her nrosceritv : that wa condemn re

pudiation in every shape and form sa a blot

upon ner Donor, a tx.ow at ner permanenc welfare, and an obstaolo to her progress hi wcultb, mtluence and power; that we will mnko avery effort to secure a settlement of tho publio debt, with the consent of her creditors, which la consistent with Iter honor and dictated by Justice and soond public policy; l hat it is eminen-Jy desirable and proper Uitt the several classes of the debt sow existing should be unified, so that equality, which is equity, m&v control in the annual payment of the intereai and the ultimate redemption of tbe principal ; that with tho viow of securing aucn equality we pledge our party to use ail iawf ul authority to secure a settlement of tbe State dot.t ; that we will use all the lawful and conititutiona! means in our power to secure a settlement on tlie basis or a 9 per cent, bond, and that tho Conservative Democratic DaTCY

pledges itself as art of its policy not to iu-

crome uie nreseni rata i iai;auou. This solemn and high-sounding fustian from a party which has never paid the interest on the debt, which hits evaded it by every conceivable kind of shuttle, and which, does not intend to pay it, aud whose only idea of a debt is always to owe it, is almost too ridiculous for comment. The' payment ot a debt in a manner consistent with tlie honor of a Virginia Bourbon smacks so much of the manner in which they hare honorably 'fulfilled their political and other obligations that their creditors, whose idea of an honorable settlement is 100 cents on the dollar, will be apt to look with dismay upon this new proposition, more especially as theso debtevaders announce that they intend to accomplish it without increasing taxation, which means clearly enough that they propose to pay it without its eosting'anytliing, or, in other words, not. at all, as tho only meats of accomplishing that remarkable font would be, like Micawber, to issue new notes and pay them with others when they came due. This only involves the cost of ink and paper and will not increase taxation. C'Atoio Tribune.

The Supreme Bench. The Democrats, with their natural instinct for office, look upon the vacancy on the Supreme bench, occasioned by the death of Judge Clifford, as an opportunity which shoidd be extended to their party. The only reason they advance why a State-supremacy, antinational Democratic lawyer should be appointed to this vsoancy is that only oue Judge on that bench (Justice Field) bus a decided Democratic leaning (ho holds the State above the nation), and that the parties ought to be more evenly represented. As a matter of fact, there ought to io no politics at all on the Supremo bench. But experience has proved that men retain their predilections and politics oven after they are clothed iu ermine, and it is precisely for this re-iKon that no man nt'ogiiited as a stanch Democrat ought to ! tp pointed t tho higlu-st jm'i.iaJ tribunal in tho nation. A 1 moerat of th old n hool, !ik' ! Vpo Tunrwau, would coatiuuo to oonsumi

the constitution " as it was," and not tho constitution " as it is." He would lose

no opportunity to discuss and affirm the

doctrine of State sovereignty. Justice

Field lugs it in at every turn. Tne country does not want any of these ali

unde dissertations on an obsolete politi

cal heresy. State sovereignty may be- . coma a reminiscence after a time if it is allowed to sleep undisturbed. But tho Democrats will cling to it as an issue ia some form or other as long as they axe encouraged to believe it still has a bearing on the politics of the country. It is bad enough to have 'State-sovereignty" State Judges, but it is too much affliction to endure Judges on the Supreme

bench who wage war on the sovereignty of tho General Government and sap and

anno it INDIANA NEWS.

Richmond is to have a brass foundry. Tub Jennings county fair lias proved

a great success.

The publication of the 72d volume of

the Indiana reports bos been delayed

until Sept 14 Farmers in Putnam county along the railroads are having much trouble with burning fields. Two little negro boys have been sentenced at Madison to throe years in tlie penitentiary for setting fire to bams. iv'ew Albany will soon be asked to vote the sum of .$100,000 to secure- the location of the Air-line shops." -- Alfred Brattir, who mnsdered Douglass Hester, near Nashville, Brown county, is now a fugitive from justice. Thomas Carter died at Greenfield, Hansock county, tbe other day, from dri using lemonade colored with aniline It is estimated that there was a crowd of 20,000 persons in attendance at the old settlers' meeting, in Hendricks county. DenntsLtsch set fire to th o Roches ter (Fulton countj ) calaboose, while being held for drunkenness, and barely estpea with his life. - . .- The annual meeting cf the old -set-tiers of Fayette county wia held at the fair grounds in Connertsville. About 4,0CO people were present. ' ' ! Whes the Seymour telephone exchange is in working order, it k proposed to connect with Brownstown, Oourdand and surrounding villages. Three highwaymen attacked Capt Swift, a well-known stock trader oI Orange county, and, putting revolvers at his head, robbed liim ot 430. "' ' The Indiana ' Bureau of Statistics ia alKiv.t to send out a I lank for the purpose of ascertaining ta -;i different avenues of business already open tdVomsn; ,JA family in Delphi, Carroll eontyJ were poisoned by eating butter which liad been covered with a cabbage leaf upsn which paris green had been used to destroy bugs, ' ' ' ' IlEO.vidas Robertson, a farmer living near Madison, who has never shown the sli ghtest tendency to insanity, ptd; on hi-i wife's clothes and sun-bonnet, and hauged himself. ' '' -i T wo alligator gars were njcentiykaifld in Oieero creek, near Nobtasville. .Tbey measured fifteen and twenty mcbes respectively. They ore tho first eYeir'seon in these waters. ' ' Workmen employed in mf king 4h excavation near the river, at Mistiwaka, St. Joseph county, iniearthed a nnjnber of Indian skeletons, some of. them comparatively near tlie surfaoe. ' " E. B. Lewelles committed suicide at a hotel in Shelbyville, by taking strychnine and whisky. He was a wt-ij-to-dc young man about 27 years old, his home being in Randolph county, North Carolina. r '" f William R. Hoookam; a young raan of Perkinsville, Madison county, was killed at the bands oi one James D. Powers, a notorious outlaw, who began a riot and was baing quieted by Hougb,, am. A laroe meadow of bay bad been out near Corydon, Harrison oounty, laid, a bamble-bess' nest having been stirred up, the boys thought to burn out the bees. The result was the Whole meadow was burned over; i Pebx.t RiBNaBOviat, of Fairhisd, Shelby county, was indicted at the btet session of the Grand Jury, and ie.now out on bafl, ior the crime of barratry. This is the first case of the kind ever indicted by Shelby county Grand Jnryr Hiss Ehjca Reeves, daughter of-ia prominent citizen of Harrison country, went crazy at camp meeting over tho s abject of iioncritieation, which was'theie being laid down as the law of Gdi, and when taken borne she committed suicide. - t Bex jam of Pikrck, of Sullivan cpucty, while at work in a clearing, was .pinned, to the earth by a ourning tree that tell upon him. It wsis hearty an hour bef ore his little boy could summon tf rescue, and the poor man, then burned nearly to a crisp, lived but a short time. A 10-TEAB-OLD son of Todd Heftdr son was hauling loga in the upper part of Clark county, whec, in ilriving down a hill, the lock-chain brokt, the horses started to run off, the wagon upftet'islid the log fell on the boy, crushing him so terribly that he died immediately.A nor, 15 years of age, by tbe name . of Cuades Sutton, living at Srnithfiald, Delaware coanty, caught hia fingers in s cog-wheel while doing du'iy as .assistant niller at tbe flouring-muls of that place, tearing his right arm off at Jtbe elbow. Mat Si evens, tut honest farxa; living near Glen wood, Rush county, w victimized by a riiscally lightningfBid agent to tbe tan of $335. He wo induced to sign a iote, before he knw what ho was doin for said amonntfor it pot job of rodding hia buudingtC" A Columbus man has a horse in lis stable that is said to be 48 years old. He served through the war, on the Union side, and was 28 years old. in 1861, when he enlisted or was drafted into the service. He bears the U. S. 'Drawl and is still t. very good animal light harness, A J Keuhbn Baxbb was leaving Geneva, Adams county, for Fulton, oounty, HI , he displayed all hiswealtli, amount:ng to $140, at the depot, and, before leaving, was robbed of .his inoney by Joel Weaver and Alfred Shavpe. Sh&rpe has been apprehended, and oonfessud and delivered to the Justice bis ballot lilie money. The other escaped, A young married man went to' Conner mile, Fayette county, and purchased i'nmiture to go to housekeeping. On his road home with the goods, ho aooidor telly let fire fall from itis cigar into the straw and combustibles. The blase tipritng up fiercely, and it was with dHfioiutv that the horses were extricated

iroav the wagon. The furniture and

rafjon were consamejt.

At Munoie, Delaware county, one,, of ;li e men connected with a side-show at-

'tashed to Coup's circus was badly ' it-

tea on tbe hand by one of the snake.

tie naa ins nana iu tne case tor tne purpose of learning the temperature, wlutti

finger. The man wont to a tirug "tote on.l tilled himself with whisky and ydl susvive.

An analysis of the stomach of Sarah Lewellen, whose murder by her husband, William Lewellen, at North Vernon, has been charged, found strychnine in quantities sufficient to have killed half a dozen persons. The husband is in jail, with excellent chances of being the second man hanged in Jennings county. Lewellen's neighbors have believed him guilty from the beginning, and frequent threats of lynching have been heard.