Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 26, Bloomington, Monroe County, 12 October 1881 — Page 1

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THE 4MhBEADB BUM. In the heydty ef ttfeOMt Uk r illness of health. In tbr vortea of nation and fashion wd wealth, By K -Prj cbaesd and lies) -air overhan'ed Ah ! d ia UV fail an. ba.ft oh, I'm bai4I I am whole snd enthvtii bocy and brain; I bowed cot with af; not tith physical pate, $ o- malady ennleaa, !t.v jr it ea M -I ut oh. Ian batO-I am bato oh, I'm bald! I am favored by foriBM in ftrnre and face; I have maaxta at omsaaa-3 at d a vronunent otace

la the cyan f lha world, where, with bitterness eaDed, 1 anat saaife aad bow bar k,vhen 11b said-on, fas

oawi Tfeie vltUiil (king al the ban just oc fete, Whrre the mil high and tuc heart ia elate, 1'or the belreae fc raver to hs-e me Instilled a an saber, bocasaa I am laid eh, I'm. bald ! 1 would g!s.1!y trade heads w thttehcul of a met , 'r 0 war finr down at th aailhaer coop Vara, at Jera. I .hoaaanut Im forev'axwaued

With bs stark-naked fast, I ixl bold-oil, I'm bald I

In the bej-day of life and the tulta of health. In th vortex of ;wtoo rod : aihion and wealthily Mocker;.- chafed and Iiarr. XT overhauled Ah i aad la ray fate-I an ha!, (ah, I'm bald !

WATOHIMI TKE CMtl'M Wo Jorn to look toward Ui.; mcFov bine. As the trooping clou d s sr nailing ts roua"?i , tflowly and ftead Ty, pure and white. Or fianght withatotm iu .bei--fearfitfHght! Sono nerd go np to a wounuio'iibrow To hail the n ereifnl tokt . new; And glow wtlii atadima teexpkd A vapo 5 ipedt o'er t'te r tfeked tend ! Tbe " windows of fceivet are rpsn wide. Though not, :w of o ', in nrattalul tide ; Tor w Frophot roj t it tijnsir aad tWrst, To tlf hi Mi i:,t t ccc nst t Ts miary mountain; ! Be m'lttv otim: Cragsand cameras! andjji-gesna Ihroner, 1m a thu r-'m whrar crystal t-et la paaed b;- bitHact asjehf Ufo'l WVnc; do yt come ? Ftm re rtont afar. Whose nehh ure tool with War's fell scar? Or hrnoe froia Oceen'n bt low? Waf tea, lite ilercy, on wi-igs of haste t O favored land : The hac plrst home To :no t,!a given, 'uratli tturn dome! Vhre orch-ud 'and Cetd tear b incre e. Aad Kent; robta tte fair plainu of Peace !

"The Quiet Level'

W iWM mtanHwai wC

CazfteM. rrora the ddaaRC Trfbane. "Prom tbe qniet levul o( thu deep bQ

iieurhtu nd (leutlu nre menirared," ssU

Oen. GhhiSeld in a pabiio adtiresav Que yeas after ih& utterance oi those words tbe 'ips that spoke tbeta. wore silent in letb. And there aretUose who rememer that 3aa originator of those words has slid many things not only worthy of passing notice, bat also which offer food 5or almost on lllimifa.Jhle mooant of thought. From tbe yearn of life in that lowly log cabin in the Ohio forest, and no doubt from the influences fostered in tbe young mind by tiitt nobis mother, sprung a mind whose works snail go tlowa in history as worthy of a piaoe buBide those of Washington and Ijinooln ; and how Bimilaar to the lathes has been tbe life of James A. Oarfleldt The XVidott- Garfield liad brayed tha: bright things might ecma throngh In-i " Jnamie," and had often 't&lked ith him abtat tbe noble life she wished him to lead, bat it seemed almost hopeless whkt the boy left the i tOa home for a life on the canal; bat (.till tbe mother botied and prayed for l:er boy. James came near losing his lilo ona night on flie canal; he fell oyerboard,- bat, attack, or may be it wst. Providence, woold have it, the rope whh he held in his hand ki nked and eanht on the gonwak? f the roai, dins saving his isla. While the boy was in the wafce? ho thought ic a few seconds of i gieat deal of his pas' life, anl wbcaa he ebinbud, all dripping, to the deck Mmetbing prompted mo to irj sad make the rope kink over the (ton wale again; bat we will let him tell -what followed: lbsvetbrown tM p 600 tiroes; I miglit kava thrown tea time 60t without its catching; ten tows 000 are 6,008; ao thsre ware 6,(100 bances agaiwtmy life. Aga'tat aneh odds I'roride alona coaltl haw saved. iL Provi dewee, tliereforw, thinks it's worth saving ; and i ' that's so I wtnt throw it away on a canal tost. I U go home aodit an wrlamtkm and become a man. We nil know that oar country has teen, b-itter off for the salvation of that lie; if in nothing else, it shows the ehaneei whidi laybefom the poorest and ttosikwly. How wU he made a man of himself lie shewed in. a thousand ways. It it, neetihsa to pass over the years of toii and straggle in obtaining hm edocation, we have au heard of them ; bat after all t'tie regnJar courses were piissed, and only what schooling th) world in the years of" bis future ifa could give turn toy bdore him, fce wrote one day : Agvls txpil?l Xeadt tt the snmmlt where th ranbrtnn faR, And thin la ;ieht aad sb4, bu iFhin and gloont S-tt jw uid )oj, thai pathway k id alone. ' And twenty yerrs after lie fell on the

mmunit' 'mxlst um- "soul

pierced by the ballet of awketch. It.

the midst of nis saccass, at the highest pinnacle which a human being can reach inthjh wprkVie, fell al the-hcorte oi C(ft(l .000ti people fell whhihim. No man ever stood more ia tbe nniversaj love p! the people, find when we look, bhpk uloBg his pathway we see the reav eonat - Gazlield wasamong tha first when the eioofl of war broke over the land to propose snfestaattal aid to the Government ftom the Citste he was then serving in h-sr S ate Senate. And he showed all the mnee grandly his heroism by leaving flie yenng wife aad little one and again taking chances for his life, as he shows by tasse words he considered ageiast him; ottered them when he took his placet with those who went oof; to fight the batths, of whom toaay , never re tiirnett: I J RaardBrvKfSaa given to tliefloantxv. k air otd y anii-MK to make as unrch of it aaposdtlebi4aratlseBNrtfjag is foredoaed. And, it ww always so; he was the man for any- emergency, whether it was to perform soma act of statesmanship or pi-rsoaial bravery; wlietlter we see him k the dwknessoi the sonny night piloting Qrjvki8 up the river oaths little IrJeamer, or in the Held of battle or h;iRs..r' state. And the act of leaving the amy a;; the time h3 did,1 although it mt,y have been looked npon coldly, was a grand tme. The district1 in which he Kved waa likely to send a man into

the Evose of Beprese-itatives who woold not , if not hinder, tfce work of keeping thu Union intact; and it has been elwul thri a little partisanship nt such times is f r the bett, itsd n3 honest man vfli blame James A. Garfield for layjop ;isiie a bright military career which lio had so grandly began aad enter! ap- the grand life ? a ttatesnian whidi ho has nobly honored. Again, I say he was tio man for any em.Tp:eicv TjpX as look at him in the stroeu tt New York on that April day in 1SA5. The news hod been coniing from WMhingtos how similar to the sad news of two month aao. Mea were qoiveting with excitement, and, as the new6f.Tew worae, it seemed that there most be some restrsiaing inflaenee braagttt to bear on the assembled nrnl titrate, for tltsre were objicts of their dieplonaiire almost within hearing of the sargii ig I1KJ9B of hnmanisy. Xhe efinkss mast soon come, and it did come, sod t'um the gnihered moltitade swerved to tin J fro, and oommenoed surging in the direction of the objects of their hate, notil it seemed as if nothing could stem the tide. Bat, suddenly, op rose a masaivn forehead sad calm face above the routing throng, and the magic word, tht , bond of sympstby between all Americans, brokn on tbe air and rose above h transit: " Fellow-citizens. " fiewss ap-ocf Jing she to then "qoiet level of the te"jp " of which he .tpoke years salMeqB'n 5- Ihose war-Is, and t! e 'je:iring of tto T.1KH who gve thim uttsmocf , m et;d the nngry rh "ortf-Hke the falling of d w jHHh Die (Kwttertfus t'iiinn;r,' brfea:-sflisansei Jlol-i-utiziuitt. ssM tu !onW and darknert a -4. ar-.uti-l t'n rtita ' Dark n-frtar; autt

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ftoe ! rellow-ottizoia, Qod reigrns, aad tts Chmeromant at Washington sttU lives ! It was James A. Garfield who said that at a time when men needed to think before acting, and those few eloquent words from the noble man set the thousands around him to thinking, and quietness and soberness took the place of rage and hate in their hearts. Ia the following three paragraphs their author has outlined a policy as clearly as though there were whole columns in them. The words were spoken ia the House of Representatives at Washington, April 1, 1870, and commanded the close attention of his hearers then and may be of interest to some now, as the tariff question comes foremost : American fcdnstry is labor in any form, All ate parti of American indttstrv, and deaerva tba careful and earn tit atte-ittcn of the leai.iKtore of tho nation. Wherever a .hip plows the sat or a plow farrows the aeltl ; Thorever a mtrio yields its tretkiwa ; whsrnmr a ship or rsiroad train oarrks freight -to market; wherever tha smoke of the fnrnaoe rises or the clara; of the loom resounds ; evun p tbe lowly garret where the seaaMtru plfes ter busy needle, there is industry. Statesmanship of the highest order shines forth in the following paragraphs statesmanship which will stand t' e test of BCTufcir.y : I rt-f use to be the advocate of any sp-cial i -teteat ai against the grnwitl interest of the whole conntry. Whatever may be the peniona, or political conscqnonsas to rajself, 1 1 liall tr; lo act first for the go-d of all, and within th -i limitation for the indintrtal interests of Urn itstri- which I represent ln(ies sltonkl be so high that oar mannfactorers cau fairly compete with tbe foreigu prydnct, but not so high aa to enable them to drive oat the foreign article, enjoy a monopoly at the trade, and legolata the price as they please. This is my doctrine of pre taction. A conservative and not a radical protectionist, and the last paragraph foreshadows his views on monopoly, though he has expressed them in other places more emphatically than here. On September 19, 1874, after the storms of back-pay, f alary-grab and Credit Mobil ier had passed, James A. Garfield spoke thus of his connection with the Salary bill, and the records bear him oat in the manly statement made to his constituents : I was Captain of the hhip, and this objectionable frelgbt bad been pnt upon ay deck. I had tried to keep it off. What should 1 do ? Bom tbe ship? Sink her? Or, having washed my hands of the reapcrosilllity for that part of the casgo I bad tried to keep off, navi jate nor into part, and let those who had pnt this freight on be responsible for it? Using the figure, that was the coarse I thought it my dory to adopt. And again he appeals to the " qniet

level:"

la an this I have retted upon the good sense and justice of tbe people to understand both my motive aad tbe motives and efforts of try enemies. I believe I have done my country and yon some service, and the only way I can still oontinne thus to serve yon is by enjoying, in a reasonable, degree, your confidence and support, t am very grateful for the expression of confidence which yon have again given me ty choosing mo a seventh time as your candidat9. And that should have been all that was necessary to erase all the shadow which some men were trying to cast upon his name. As his word's had been listened to before so ther were listened to again iu

January, 1877, when the Electors!

Uount bill was up tor discussion. Ail

remember the turmoil and threats and

uneasiness of the time, yet James A.

Garfield was the same man of the people as ia the early days of the war when he save bia life to his country. It

seemed to me that it would be impossi

ble to settle liio question amicably, but it was settled. Here is whst Gm. Garfield said in closing his speech, referring to future generations :

x hope riey may not say mas we omit no

safegaird against dangers except tbe slisht

ones tha'. tnroateneaas. it wouia do xar ntgnex tribute if they could aay of as: "Tho men of

lais, wuo cloned, toe cycte or tne nrsx century of the K-Dobac. wars men who. when they en

countered dancer, met it with clear-eyed wis

dom and calm courage. As the men of 1773 met the perils of their time without flinching.

ana t.trougn veure or ssennoo, suneruig ana blood conquered their independence ami created n nation, so tbe men ef 1876, after hsvinit defended tbe treat inheritance from

still greater perils, bravely faced and conquered

an tne a mcnnies or u-eir own epoca ana ant not entail them npun their children.

That bo tbreaui of civil war. however for

midable, cctlld compel them to throw away an? artfegtrcrd of liberty ; that the preservation or their nt ittntiona was to them an objector greater concern than present ease or temporary

proapgriry; toil, lnsteaa of training new aevices which mielit endancer tho old constitu

tion, they reject xl all donbtfr l expedients and, nlanlimr then-feet noon tba solid rock of thu

eonstUntion, stol at th tr posts of duty until

tne tempest was overpassed aua peace waixeci hand in hsnd wi:h liberty, ruled by law.

A man most be a trickster witb bin

own censcien to discover aught bu statesmanship in these words.

Probably of all the bnc utterances oi

this man of the people none can bemoro

of ten repeated and beautifully applied 1.1 ii i i i i , . i

urao tojs um: wnica lie auerea in tut! halls of ConrctK. They ha.1 been

havvng a heated debate on tho different; bills to which objectionable riders had been attarhecl, particularly the gret.s Approprintion bilL One had said that the lull would not be passed without t hu ridur, and it w is on this ptdut tintt Mr. Gtrfield centered the force of his ad

dress. Not his bitter ohjectiou to at

taching riders to bills, but that such

threat shoaKt be maae if the ruler wen; not allowed to remain an. Mr. Garfield

said he was willing to leave his record to be pasted on by the people, r.nd said, in answer to the oft repeated cry -f hin opponentH in their honor (?) that thii constitution should be trampled under foot by the a,nlioly elec ;ion : PaklK opinion that great ocean of (liougbt t"ion Kbone level all height and depths ar nuusnrcd was ti-osted as a power amply abl-3 and o!vo.ts williitz to gnard ati the approavbei on that side of the count imt'.on from any tiHuut on the life of tbe nation. Thus it win always with this man, when his enemies wero most eager to surround his name with " clouds of darkness" he fcas appealed to the " qniet level" and one out the victor ever? time. A few months later the same year, and every one is now beginning to acknowledge tho truth and wisdom of the saying, he said in the halls of Congress : The war for the Union waa right, everlastingly right ; the war against tbe Union was wrong forever wrong. Then we follow him down to the day of the great convention. I remember r,adii)g the telegraph report of tho second day's pro seeding. Not one vote had been cast for James A. Garfield as the nominee ; no one had mentioned tho possibility of his nomination, bat when the writer of this read the lines : As Geo. Garfield entered tbe hall and walked slowly down the aisle he was greeted with thi most deafening storm of applause, and Mr. Conkling, who had the floor and was speaking, was obtievd taease for soma moments before

1ii!imi'I.i lie board. 1 K'id to layself : rf-1hiy won! '1 oi ,v mrminntc Oftrfleld we wmild havi a

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upon tho duties of his great offlco ; wo all remember tho smooth and elegant inaugural, but I Bhsll only quote one short paragraph from that, and that touches on a question that probably bus more influence, and will always have more influence on the vitality of our institutions than nil other influences combined, and views covering the whole ground are incorporated in this paragraph : Hi9 tbe high privilege and sacred duty of thoso now living to educate their successors snd fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inh 'ritence which awaits them. Then he turned aud completed his pleasure in this grand moment by affectionately noticing the one to whom perhaps above all others he owed his rise tho mother who, in these latter days of hope mid fear has always trusted in God to restore her boy to strength. And it was thestane James A. Garfield, always tho gentleman and statesman, Who said, when he lay in pain : just after tho cruel wound of July 2, "Give Mrs. Garfield my love." And the same who said feelingly, while the cloud hung over him, a month later, as his wife read to him the messages of sympathy from all over the country ; " This is a people worth living fcr."

r,t iilfift rj.of ifc wmld be ti ,ii

from my ktwii-dgoof tho man Icouk j ;:h n: better j etioUt, , I Ifc' wus nominated and elect fd, an. j s all kuQW hov gfsoeJuilv bo n '-

The Man with tho Flail. Detroit Free Prcsr . It carried the beholder back to thirty years ago, when the thrashing-machine was beard only at rare intervals, and the honest farmer spread his golden stalks on the clean barn floor and flailed away with such tempered blows that not a kernel was broken. The man who had it sat down on one of tbe benches in the West Circus Fork. The rare sight of such an article halted every pedestrian, and the man had to keep explaining over and over: "Well IU have some beans to sholl this fall, and I kinder thought 'twould be easier to flail 'em out. The hardware man told me he had to send to Vermont for it." Pretty soon along came a gray-headed Alderman, and when he saw that flail he looked ten years younger all at once. "I handled that for over ten years," he said, as he picked it up and spit on his hands. "Seems like old times to get hold of this hickory again." He stepped out one side to give the crowd an exhibition on the grass, and his success was great At the second blow the flail end hesitated in mid-air, wobbled about and finally came down with & whack on the patriot's head, mak

ing him see more stars titan a winter's night ever brought out. He dropped the weapon with the remark that he was already ten minutes late in keeping an appointment, and he was rubbing his skull as far down the street as he could bo seen. The next man to try it was one who got off a passing car under tho idea that a dog-fight was in progress. "A flail? Hal hal Why, I haven't seen a flail since I was married," he chuckled as he reached for it. ''I presume 1 have flailed a thousand bushels of wheat in my time, You boys stand back." The boys retreated, and the man lifted the JSail on high and patted the grass in a vigorous manner. "Yes, my stint used to be twenty bushels a day," he continued, and though I do say it myself I " Something happened. He dropped the flail, seized his jaw, and danced off as if he had springs under him, and although a dozen voices asked what hit him he refused to tell. By and by a thud man come sailing along and when he Baw the flail he remarked that bis father had used ono like it near ly all hie life, arid was called the smartest flailcr in New Hampshire, "Can't you use it?" inquired one of the crowd. "Why, of course. If you boys want to see how our fathers got their wheat to mill I'll give you a little exhibition. Here, bub, hold my hnt," He buttoned his coat, moistened his hands, and begun work. The first blow nearly broke a man's knee; the second cracked against: a boy's elbow, and at the third the fiuiler grabbed the top of his head and sat donn with a subdued look in the corners of his month. "Well, I guess IT be jogging along," said the owner of tlu flail, as he rose up. "It's all in getting the kink out of it, A feller who makes twists and wobbles a special study won't git his head broke moro'n twice a day , but a green hand might's well sit uudorii brick kiln during atornader. Day, gentlemen." The Rubber Oyster. Advices from the Maryland coast state that oysters will be scarce in quantity, poor in quality and dear ia price. To meet the emergencies of the case a rubber company has patented and asks the public to reocignize its new, non-destructible, tooth-proof oyster, which it warrants to be i perfect "imitation of the genuine. This oyster is made of white rubber with oyster-co.'or silk frills, and when it floats serenely in the depths of the smoking soup cannot be told even by experts from the simon-pure bivalve. It is not claimed liy the patentees that this oyster will ever come into general use with tho restaurant trade, but it is intended solely for church fairs and impromptu gatherings, where the assembled guests do not exjiect. to ba gorged with the best the market affords. For use at church fairs its value cannot be overestimated. When the wildeyed devourer of the phantom soup spies the beautiful counterfeit floating about before him, he gives utterance to ayell of delight and tells his neighbors that lis has struck it rich. He notices its toughuess whoa he tries to harpoon it with his fork, and supposing it to be some venerabiu bivalve that has boon buffeted about by the storms of time for many year, he redoubles his efforte, finally scooting his fork undor it aud raises it to his mouth. He chews on it a few moments and begins to suspsot that it is a patiiaroh union;? iti kind whom it would ba base flattery to call a tongbv cuss. After a half hour's energetio mastication ho wcilkens and coneludes that he dim!; isaiit

how and spits it down ou the table basido ! H,e rtl.tfA villa, ti ; a... .i , t

...r..,, ,Tuvi , io umiitt aunr tuesnow is over, wiped carefully ftnd filed away among the archives of the churoh for futui't use. Thus it will be seen that an oyster famine can never affect the cause of religion, though it may fall with blighting effect upon the poor young man who is doing his season's sparking with u pocket-book filled most with hollow gloom. Teie gre.it advaiiUuri- m raiy.ii," willow tret- fur fuel and s'lBltd '-.risiM? in iim fact tlittt the;,- grow dudm; longer i.. rinl ;p eftc.i vtur tl m- , . IP"'- . . -i . I. .i ...

leaves m tun spring. ,tl !. f.gr .w till heavy irts t; i-ill Willows arrow- h'n-lv i.

The Education of Girls. The establishment of cooking and sewing clubs in many of our larger cities is significant that a change in public opinion is gradually taking place regarding the education of girls. Sensible mothers are beginning to desire that their daughters should learn not only the accomplishments, but the practical as well. A young girl ought to be taught thoroughly every one of the duties devolving on the housewife, and with it she should be taught that which is of still more importance the art of systematizing hot work. Any one can, after a fow trials, make a bed, sweep a room, iron a starched garment, bake a pie or cook meat, but to do all these things aud many more simultaneously, or at least in such nice succession that at the proper time all will be done, is no slight accomplishment, and one which can only come with practice. In this connection the Jiural JVcw Yorker offers a few well-timed remarks : What would one think of a mother who provided for her daughter's traveling outfit, over a very long, rough journey, whore she was to meat all vicissitudes of climate and weather, only a flimsy ball dress ? It might be very beautiful in fabric, and adorned with abundance of the choicest flowers and sparkling gems, but it would be a miserable failure m n traveling dress, and we should almost tliiuk tbe woman deficient in sound sense who should provide it for such a purpose, But is it any more sensible to send our girls out over the rough journey of life with only a stock of accomplishments to meet the wants of this every-day working world? How many girls mary without the slightest preparation in the way of domestic knowledge and self-reliance in managing home affairs. It is fondly hoped that skill will come to them, and that they will manage somehow to keep a house in respectability and comfort; but oh, that ball-dross traveling suit! How poorly it answers in the wear and tear of the road. Don't buy everything for the girls. Trust them with the money after giving them as much good advice as you please. Let them learn how to buy by actual experience. If they make some mistakes, let them abide by them, just as you have to. Said a boy of a brother skater who had met with a tumble: ' ' Let him fall down. That's the way to learn. " It is tho way we all learn a great many things. If Jonny's pretty blue cambric fades out white, let her bleach it and moke the best of it; but learn the lesson also of avoiding that alluring, deceitful shade in the future. Let her learn to make bread from the beginning to tho end of the process, and teach her tho most thrifty, excellent short-cuts to perfection in all departments of cookery. It is not needful to go through the tedious processes our grandmothers used to beating eggs to a froth with a knife, waiting all day for bread to rise, and so on, in a world where egg-beaters are to be hod, and Vienna yeast-cakes which will answer the purpose of rising in an hour or two. Let her eschew cream-of-taitar and soda when good baking-powder is to be had, and adopt all similar improvements. Iiifo and time are too precious to be needlessly wasted ou these old crudities. Housekeeping need not and should not be half so hard to the girls at the present time as it was for us, if they only rill take hold and fit themselves for ths business before actually ia the whirl of it. What merchant would sent out a ship under a Captain who knew nothing of navigation ? Would not there be likely to come disaster and distress enough in snoh a case? Should not the home pilot be equally qualified ? Babe Iloffenstein's Horse. '' New Orleans vill be a great bhtce, Misder Hoffenstein," said Herman, "ven de railroads vill be running here from the Vest and oder parts uf de gountry, von't it?" " Herman, don't dalk to me abond de railroads," replied Hoffenstein, "it makes me dink uf de vay I ha been swindled by dom. Vonee I dinks it vould be nice to haf a horse to drive mit a buggy, und a man dells mo dot he vill sell me von, and ve made a drade. Vat yon dink, Herman, I gif fordo horse?" "I don't know, Misder Hoffonstein," " Veil, den I vill tell you. I got him cheap. I gif dree dollars and a viddle. Alder I got de horse I finds dot he haf de vorms, und dou't cau do nothing but hang his under lip down, und sleep all de day. Vile I vas trying to get the horse veil, de railroad cars come along and kill him, I makes oud my gloim against de railroad people, und I dells dem dot dey hal killed my buggy horse und dot he vas vert a hundred dollars. Von uf de railroad men dell me dot he vill envesdigate do matter, und to eonio back de next voek. Ven I goes back I Bays : ' I haf come around to act de

money for my horse vat you kill mit de car.' Vot you dink, Herman, de man says? Ve don't pay you noding. Ve haf shust found oud dat de killing uf your horse vas not an accident. He vanted to commit suioido und got on de drack und vaited for de drain to run over him. Do law says you don't can get damages from a railroad under dese circumsdancea ; derefore, my dear sir, your claim vas vort noting. My gr-r-a-cious, Herman, dink how I vas swindled by do railroad, do infernal monopoly ; but I got even mit dem anyvay. I heard a man say dot a railroad drain vould get sgared und stop if doy saw a red light at night, und I dinks ofer vot he says. Veil, my house vas near vere do railroal vas, and a blind mule vat dou't belong to no von vas loafing around. Afder a vile I dinks uf something, und I gets a red lamp von night und ties it mit de mule's neck, und dock him vere de railroad runs, I leaves him dere. My gr-r-aoious, Herman, all dot night do drains vos vistling und sdoppiug und E utting de brakes on, und de gonuuetor e swear at eferyding vilo he smashes do lump und makes de mule go vay. Efery night for a gouplo uf veeks I ties a red lamp mit de mule's neck, und sends him up do railroad drack. Ven ho hears de visile, and do drain sdops he knows he vill get be. t mit sdicks if he sdnys dero, mid he runs avay. Dot mule afder aviie learned his pisness und ho vould go oud und sdop efory draiu vot run on da road," -Joe. 0. Aby.

Emeralds. An emerald of vivid luster, of rioh color, devoid of blemishes, and of a brill iancy akin to that of a diamond, is valued at from $100 a carat up to almost anything its owner chooses to nani' Good emeralds, moaning good color an'' ipiito free from flaws, are very rare, and

gland, among other presents, an emerald of the size of a hen's egg. Tho treasury of Vienna is said to contain an emerald of 2,205 carats, valued at 300, 000 crowns. An emerald belonging to tho crown of Russia U noticed in a Russian journal as being of the size of a hen's egg. Among the largo emeralds stands foremost tho magnificent; crystal belonging to the Duke of Devonshire. It is a regular nix-sided prism, perfectly-well formed ; two of tlio parallel faces arc more developed than the others, so that the hexagonal buto of tho crystal bos one side larger than the rest ; the dimensions oi the base are 2.36 inches, by 1.97 in diameter, apd it weighs eight ounces aud eighteen pennyweights ; it is of a fine green color and perfectly clear ui the upper part, and it was found in a vein of dolomite, which traverses a hornblende rock at Muso, near Santa Fe de Bogota, iu New Granatin,

Trusslan Ledtler." New Orlcaus Times,! If there is a merchant in Now Orleans who can sell goods at any price he chooses to fix on them, Rube Hoffenstein, who keeps a clothing and shoe store on Poydras street, is the man. One day a customer entered his establishment end inquired: "Have you any low quarter gaiters?" "Certainly, my frent. I haf any sdylo you wish, und someding dot vas neat, Now here vas ft pair uf gaiters vat is made uf Prussian ledder, de pest kind vat is known, und I dinks dey vill suit you. Suppose you dry dem on." "All right," replied tho customer. "Vait, my frent, aud I'll put a leedlo bowder in. Now dry dem. All, vat petter shoe you vaut dan dat? It vits shust as if somebody takes your measure." "It's too tight across the instep," said the customer, rubbing the spot with bis fingers. "It vill sdretch, my dear sir," replied Hoffenstein persuasively, "dot ledder vas mode expressly for sdreteliing." "But the shoe pinches my toes, also." "Dot is noding; it vill go vay de first time it gets vet. You don' vant to buy a pair uf shoss more as dree sizes too big, und go around de ladies mit your feet looking like a gonple of railroad scrapers. It vould be a shame, you know," "What do you ask for the shoes?" "Only seex dollars." "Jerusalem! That's too much." "Veil, my dear sir, yon must recollect dat dem shoes vas made of Prussian ladder, and ledder dere vas scarce, My uncle vat lifs dere write me lasi; veok, und said dat ledder vas so scarce dey don't make harness mit it any longer. All de harness dere is now made of wool." "I toll you what PU do," swd the customer, examining the shoe closely, "I'll give yon four dollars." "My g-r-racious! A Prussian ledder alioe for four dollars ven it costs me more as five dollars and fifty cents laid at tho depot down, und the profit ou dem don't pay for the gas. My g-r-r-acious, vat's de matter mit de people?" "Well, I'm not going to give $6 for those shoes," said the customer, moving toward tho door, "they are not worth it," "Veil, my frent, take them along for Si, und call around again some odder day." Tho customer paid for tho shoes and taking bis parcel, left the store. "Herman," inquired Hoft'enstein of his clerk, "vat vas de cost briee of dem split ledder shoes I shust soltlde gen tleman?" "Von dollar und ahalf, sir." 'My g-r-r-aoious, Herman, dink how smal'. de profit vas. If pisness, you know, Herman, don't get petter it vill Break all de store up. The Great Drought of 1819. At Pleasant Hill, Ky., I conversed with an intelligent and pious Shaker, who held to the doctrine of final perseverance in his undying faith hi the goodness of God, in not suffering a total failure of crops to occur. He was a young man in 1819, the year of tho "Great Drought," when from early summer to the middle of January there was no rain, whim the air was hot and dry, when the clouds refused to form andbecondemed into showers, when the dew-point was not seen, when the stagnant pools of water in creeks and bronchos became so thoroughly carbonized audndaumifercua that the cattle died, and all vegetation was utterly parched up and apparently destroyed. During that terrible drought tho cattle became afflicted with the "hotweather itch," and thousands died, literally tearing the skin from their sides and backs in their frantic efforts to scratch themselves to relieve tho intolerable

itchiiig. Deer and horses died with black tongue ; fowls and birds becamti listless find Btupefied, moped in despair, lost their plumage, and died in utter misery, lien, women and children grew

sack wii.li disappointed bopes for tne healing Bhowers, drinking tbe foul carbonized water and eatingdusfcy food, and many died of disease not known before or since. Maddened with the intolerable itch and frantio with eating the dry and desiccated gross, deprived of all nutritive elements by the long drought, the cattle, sheep and horses roamed the fields and through the foreetJ, moaning and howling, or pawing the earth in impotent rage. Added to these horrors, the fields aud forests took fire and burned for weeks and months. The ail' was filled with smoke and ashes, producing another horror in the shape of some form of ophthalmia that wtts almost intolerable. Fresh vegetables were soon exhausted, the cattle were too diseased to be used for food, water was scarce snd unfit to drink, fires were raging, and tho whole population afflicted with disease in some shape. This state of thing's lasted until the middle of January, when the blessed rain and the really beautiful snow camo and saved the country from utter annihilation. Cor. Louisville Covrier-Jour-wai. IMnauas as Food. A pound of bananas is said tc contain more nu Timent than throe pounds of meat or many jiounds of potatoes, while ns a fooii to lio iu every sense of tho word fai superior to the best whoa ten bread. An acre of ground planted with bananas will return, according to Hwmboldt or. much food material as thirtythree nercs of wheat or over 100 acres of potatoes. Tho banana or plantain (for nnti' lately there was no such word as banana) is divided into several varieties, all of which are used for 6 ..i V.'hi- p!aii-!i iii.-.nxiuiito is a small,

Miffiti' tf.it t.vith'T l.iii-.er It -r tr ti; i t t'jmi n It Iv'm tn,vl,itj.r. It ii the i!,i,-t i, lie;. , mill j.ni c of all the v-tiietitii : lil -ilni l. ("I l laiitio pnint'o, eml.-d ; , iiitu-'ti.,, i. iir.i;i.!!h' I'fin ii d, , i gi:oiJ -o; ttJls .:,, fi' . . .,.

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pie bacana that wo sec for sale in our market, but tlio latter is so littlo esteemed by the natives of the tropics that it is seldom eaten by them. El plntino grande, known to us as simply the plantain, is also subdivided into varieties which are known by their savor and size. Tho kind that reaches C'Ur market is almost ten inches long, yet on the Isthmus of Darion there are plantains that grow from eighteen to twenty-two invites. They are never eaten r.ii, but me either boiled or roasted, or are prepared as preserves. Exchange,

POLITICAL STATE C0SYESTI0SS.

The Nw York Republican Stato Convention met in tlio Academy of Hueic, New York city, there being 4,000 parsons iu attendance. Hon. Thomas C. Piatt called the delegates to order. Hon. Frank Hisco:k was proposed as temporary Chairman, but dvcl.ned in the spirit of harmony. The new Henater, Warner Mil'er, was then elected by a majority of 103 over Hiscook. George William Cnrlis submitted a resolution in indorsement of civil-service reform, which was referred to tho Committee on Platform. CUanncey L Diipew was chosen peroisnrnt Cbnimian. Tbe following ticket was nominated : Joseph Carr, Secretary of State ; Ira Davenp rt, Comptroller: Leslie W. Russell, Attorney General j riilas Seymour, State Encineer, and V. U. Finch, Judge of tho Court of Appeals. Tho proceeding! were harmonious throughout. A lengthv platform was adopted. Tho first section is in m?m ry or tba late President Garfield, ths second 1 complimentary to President Arthur; the third relates to the national finnncc', and favors tiie reduction of national taxes, but that such reduction mut be made with a vios to t'io continued protection of American industry ; tho fourth favors tho earnest proeoiition of the star-route swindlers, as well as ail others wronging tbe Gorernment tho fifth favors a proper clvil-scrvice reform the sixth is complimentary to Gov. Cornell : tho seventh is in favor of nuking tho canals free ; the eigbth and last favors equal taxation and opposes monopolies that unjustly oppress the people. The Mnssnchnsetts Democratic Convention assembled at Worcester and nominated the following Sti.te t.cket : Governor, Charles F. Thompson ; Lieutenant Governor, James II. Cirleton ; Secretary of State, Gen. if. L Soaahoe ; Treasurer and Receiver General, Vol Francis J. Parker; Auditor, Charles It. Field; Attorney General, Gen. Patrick A. Collins. The platform declares that the tnriil needs readjustment; monopolies have to lie watched ; corporations should have the-j churtera revised ; shipbuilding should be encouraged, not by subsidies, bat by doiuj away with taxation burdensome to shipbuilders ; prohibitory laws have not accomplished the purposes for which they were enacted, and are an tnvtuuon of the personal liberty of tbe citizen ; the payment of tho polltax as a qualification for voters should be abo'-ished ; the national dobt should be reduced as fast as possible, and tho rate of interest lowered, etc Tho Marvb-nd Republican Convention was held at Canibrdgc, in that State, under tho Presidency of ex-Post-niaater General Cross "roll. Thomas Gorsucli, in Frederick county, was nominated for Comptroller. The resolutions reaffirm the supremacy of the nation over the State, tho equality ..-if all eit sens before the law, demand honest voting and fair cc-untin!;, legislation for tho promotion of national industries and for the development of the lenourct's of the country, and call upon Congress to provide an improved method for the ascertainment of the will of tbe people at Presidential elections.

A Meeting of Creditors, One of tho most amusing places

visit m time of business depression

to is

a mectinc of the creditors of one of

the firms that have suspended payment.

! If you are one of tho creditors, you have I ii - i a - ; i . i . t - i

iue nonor uj receive an uiviiauou w attend the meeting. It is generally neatly printed and in it they request the pleasure of your company, at such a day and hour, at their own or their lawyer's office Perhaps you swear a little when you read it, which is naughty. If too good to do that, you swear mentally (but I have heard some swear openly, and call the firm bad names) and at last you accept the invitation. On arriving at the mooting, you find a mixed assemblage, about half smoking, and tbe most of them in the best of humor ; but there are a few sour creditors, who have oldfogy notions of right and wrong. Ono of tho creditors, perhaps only on paper, jumps up and says : "I nominate Mr. Jones os Chairmen." If it is a "crooked" failure, it is generally a friend of the firm. The motion is seconded and carried. Everything is carried at a meeting. A motion is never negatived. Meeting organized. Hats corns off. Some one moves that a statement of liabilities and assets be read. Motion seconded and carried. Statement generally reads something like this : " Liabilities about $80,000; stock on hand about $12,000; present value about $9,000 ; bills receivable and open accounts, $23,000 ; bills bad, 9,1)00. Firm offers SO cents at six, twelve and eighteen months." Up jumps one of the old-fogy creditors and wishes to ask Mr. Smith, one of the firm, what he meant by stating to him a month age that he bad $50,000 stock, and only owed $311,000. Mr. Smith replies in a bland voice that " the gentleman who last spoke must have misunderstood the tenor of his remarks at the time he mentions." Irate -old creditor says ho "rather thinks ho did not, and is ready to go ou the stand and swear to it." Up jumps another old fogy, and " wants to know how liis books stood on Dec. 31?" Mr. Smith replies that his books were not "balanced. Old fogy wants to know why they wero not balanced, Mr. Smith replies because they could not make them " balance. " Laughter. 1 Then young America jumps up and says "he does not sea that talking will meud matters. Time is valuable, and he cannot afford to lose any more of it at this meeting, as ho lias several more to attend to-day, f Laughter. Tho firm, no doubt, needed more capital to conduct their business properly, and took this menus to obtain it Laughter. No doubt if they settled with them on these terms, the firm could take a larger store in a bettor location laughter, and most of the creditors could soli them more goods than they did before laughter, and get worse bit next time. Laughter. Thoref oro I move the offer bo accepted." The Chairman states that tho motion is before tho meeting, "Motion carried." Young America "I move we adjourn. " Carried, Young America "And I move an nmondmont, 'to tho restaurant, to drink everybody ' health, tho firm's included,'" lr. Hall's lteclpe for Drunkenness. Sulphate of iron, five grains; magnesia, ton grains ; peppermint water, cloven drachms ; spirit of nutmeg, one drachm, 'fake a table-spoonful iu water tl.itv times it day until the craving for atri'ii;' dri'ik has Mibside.l. Tlra prep

iiiatson : t us ii tonic mid ti stiniul:ui!. ,t.-d :!;i; purli-i'ly supplies the nlnee id till' -i-iistotitisl liquor, and prevent tint '..f ! ,,livs:.--iil mni !'.' i-ian.: thi.n inn ii,w ii,n,V '. din.1,-,1 ;

LAGER BEER.

How kt la made and Adulter! ited. " What is the diffevence in tho consumption of beer in winter and summer? " asked George Alfred Townsend of n New York brewer. " There is not much more than onethird of the beer drunk in winter that it. consumed in summer. But the brewers prefer that kind of trade which they cau employ all the year round. That is why Coney island is of very litrJo advantage to a brewer. These large establishments have to be run all winter and the men to bjj paid their wages. Beer brewing iu the Southern States has not been a success on account of tho cost of ice, whicn does not form in that climate. You must keep your boor at low temperatures in order to destroy certain diseased ferments whioh would spoil it, and which only develop above a certain temperature. That would make the beer sour." "What is yeast?" " Well, hero's our chemist. He will tell you that yeast is probably the lowest form of organized life. It is a plant or spore, invisible but floating in t he atmosphere. Here is a photograph of some yeast magnified thousands of times. You see that it is apparently little clusters of eggs, like the roe of a shad. No' . look at it through the microscope, and each ono of these little eggs becomes half as big as a pea. There is a cavity at tho middle, as if there was a stomach there. Brewers use yeast in preference to several ferments they might use. The refuse yeast is given away. Other brewers often come to borrow yeast, wishing to change their yeast, us they say. It is like breeding with certain animals which finally lose thoir mettle, and you introduoe new blood from your neighbor's stock. So it is with yeast. As it is organized life, you want to quicken it from another brewery. We use about one gallon of yeast to a barrel of beer. When it has fermented the beer to the best of its ability, the yenat settles down upon shaviugs of clean beech put in the bottom of the big tuns, There it perches like chickens going to roost, and there is a man-hole in each one of those tuns or casks big enough to let a man put his head and shoulders inside. He removes the yeast and the shavings and thoroughly cleanses the. cask, and then the next beer is lot into it by a hose." " Tho only difficulty with New York beer," said my friend, " is that in the hot weather, when there is a big demand for it, it is furnished too new. Boer ought to be kept three months, snd wo try .to keep is that long. But with four or five hundred trad ) customers and a thirsty city, they dri'.w on the bee mercilessly in July and August. The yeast ought to be thoroughly o it of the beer before it is drunk. There is only about 4 per cent, of alcohol in lieer and about 40 per cent, of alcohol in whisky. That accounts for tlio popularity of lager beer. It 5s a fair compromise between total abstinence and alcohol. It especially seems to mit the stone of temperature corresponding to our Western and Middle States." " Why do you use this barloy instead of wheat?" "Any grain will make beer," said the brewer. " Wheat will make weies beer. We use barley because we And it not only the cheapest grain, but it develops into diastaste and starch moot "thoroughly. This grain of barloy you see now in nothing but starch and a very littlo diastaste. The diastaste attacks the starch and turns it into sugar. Then the yeast has such a gluttony for sugar that it makes carbonic acid gas and alcohol of it. The hops are mere ly put into the beer to give it the tonio qualities. Hops now cost about 20 cents a pound, and we use exclusively American hops, which are profit able to the producer if he gets 12 cents a pound for them. We ore now the greatest hopproducing country in the world, and send enormous quantities of hops to England. Quite an item in tho brewer's list is horses and wagons. A good pair of brewer's horses come from Ohio snd have some Norman or Flemish stock ia them, and cost about $600. Our drivers and brewers axe generally Bavarians, though Americans are comiug into the hnsincNS. since it has become such a prominent feature of trade. Myself and my partner were originally produce merchants. The leading brewers of New York arrived in this country poor men." "Now," said I, "let mo ran over these points and see if I know them. Beer is barley sugar feimented by yeast sad made bitter and tonicy by hops. The yeast settles and is thrown away ; the mash, after infusing the boiling water, is drawn off and sold for manure. The carbonic acid released by the action of the yeast on the sugar is what makes the beer lively. The cold required in the ripening of the beer is to keep down poisonous ferments which have a tendency to develop. Hops do not moke yeast, but yeast has to come from a seed

xiu o propagate oy ujib iniua Oil," " Nearly cor. ?ct," spoke nj tlio ehemtot, " and let me tell you, while they aw assailing the chemist, mat he is elowly moving the world. Mustard is now made artificially. So is indigo. Chemistry is a mere child yet, and perhaps as big a problem as it has got is this very question of yeast. The Romans used yeast, and wo 'think it is a form of orgiwized bfe, mid that we don't know much about in except that like somo furious maggot ii at tacks sugar and converts it into alcohol." Sound and Sense. The fallowing is an illustration ? pror unciatioii and spelling in the use of wrong words which have tho sam$ pronuiciation as the right words, and which j.roporly read would sound right. Tho story : A rite suite little buoy, tlie son i f a grate Kernel, with a rough about ids neck, (Sue up the rodo as quick as oh iletvr. Aftsr a thyme ho stopywlata gnu house and- wrung the belle. His r-.iw hurt hymn, and ho kneaded wrest He was two tired to raze his fat, pail fice. A feint mown of pane rows from 1 is lips. The mado who herd the belle was about to pair .iparo, but who through it down and nn with all hex mite, for f Mt hot gi tes sod tvootl aot weight. Butt when, she ww tho little. won, tiers stood ii her eyes nt the site. ''Ewe poor t oor ! Wh v due yow lyc hear t Air yew lyeing?" " Kuow,"hsaid, "lamfoint two tho corp.'i." She boar him inn her nnns, ns she aught, too a room where he mite Ikso quiet, gave him bred and meet, held cent under his knows, tide hin choler, rnppel hymn warmly, gavi hymn somo suite druclim from a vi-.d, till at last he wont fourth an hail as t, young 1 niiive. His eyes shone, hi. rhoeL wa as red us pV'-r, and lio gumbiod a bolcur.

fjypiASA HEWS,

Howard county has 100 schoca-l

The soldiers' reuaion at South Bond was a big affair. A Fai-ettb county farmer lost fSOQ worth of flue hogs in one night. Jambs P.bed, one of the old pioneen of Bartholomew county, is dead. A Bt'SHviiiM 3-year-old girl fell Into a tub of water and was drowsed. Mna Gbbek, of Muncie, waa fatally shot by a toy pistol in the hands of her little son. The Northern Indiana Fair, at Fort Wayne, was a great success, flnanrfnlly amd otherwise. Thomas Smith, a constable, was killed t Xenia, while attempting to alight from a freight train. Mishawaka, St. Joseph county, hs lost, by death, its oldest citiien Mrm, Rebecca Bwarte, aged 02. John Gkffinokb, an old eMsea of Logaiisport, fell into tho Eel rivor while intoxicated and was drowned. Tub Governor of Indiana now receives a straight salary of $6,000, wilfe. ao provision for rent or house. Saxek can boost the meanest man in (he State. Name, Jack Darnill. Crimy, stealing jewelry from a corpse. Ceabxes Bkl, a negro, killed a man' named Beling with a bowie-knife, at Evansvilte. The murderer fled. Tub safe of Hobbs & Johnson, of Monroe, Adams county, was burglarized of 'J5 in money and $2,500 in notea. - Mat. Wx. B. Stru.tvAN, a weU-known citizen of Madison, fell from the tbjad story of a hotel and broke his neck.

A. L. Pattkbson, of Carroll cons

returnina- home from Delpn,-

drunk, fell into a creek arid m drowned. Jams Httbabk, aged 24, of Whitestown, Boone county, placed the muds of his gun to his head and blew his brains out. Cob. Knight was opening a mud-valve at his mill at Salem when a joint flaw off, letting the steam upon him, scalding him severely. A BRBACH-o:f-PBOMiSE case at Franklin resulted in a verdict of $5 damage for the plaintiff, whose character was shown to be tarnished. Ths business men of Columbus are holding public meetings to consider what action should bo taken to encourage mantifac taring industries. Miss Surra sued Frank Young for breach of promise, at Greensburg, oud the jury awarded her $75 as a balm to heal her wounded affections. Ths woods in the region of Bedford, lid., have for several days literally swarmed with squirrels, who are migrating in a northeasterly direotioti. Csabxsx Bttddu, of Chsrieetown, ajTed 19 years, took six grains of stryot. nine because bis sweetheart rejected him'. He was pumped out by a doctor and saved. Calvin FumniEB, of Spencer, has been apjwinted Commissioner of Fisheries for the State of Indiana. The die. tribution of carp spawn commenced on the 1st insfc Stella P Annuo, aged 14, daughter of J. W. Palmer, of IJedford, retired to bod tlie other night in good health, and in four hours afterward was a oorpse. Cause, a broken blood vessel. Grub worms and grasshoppers have done a great deal of injury to the growing wheat in Wabash county, borne fields arc almost eaten bare, .Moon ground will have to be sown again. Aftsb the new appropriation laws go into effsot, Nov. 1, it is thought thattlis Governor's office will be overbajded and cleaned up. Ttte last time it was dusted was when Gov. Hondricks went into office. Mas, Mourn Mru,B entered the only liquor saloon in New Providence, . Clark county, where her husband dissipating, and with an ax demolished everything in sight, and led her husband home. Taxi most economical man in tne State lives at Winchester. Having ten cords of wood to saw lie invited all tne sawyers).. . of tho town to Ms wood-house) and lot each saw a stick. He then gave tne contract to the one who had tbe thinnest blade. A iouxo man named Kibby fell from an excursion troir. near Greencastle. The train wss stopped and run back in search of Kioby when it again gave kirn a terrible blow knocking bim from a croas-tie on which he had placed himself mashitg the skull and lolling him instantly. Thb Blue Ribbon people of Muncie made a gallant fight against the license applicants in the Commissioner's Court They gained seven cases out of eight application?. This is the first fight niado against the saloon keepers of Mm oie for several yean. About 10,000 persona assembled at Elliottsville, Monroe county, to celebrate the 100th birthday of Hon. James Park s, a native of North Carolina, The old gentleman cultivated his garden alone last summer. Ex-Gov. Hendrioka and Judge Franklin addressed the aa- . tenaxiau's guests. In Johnson county there is a reguiar-ly-orgnuized gang of thieves, who carry on their operations boldly and constantly. Near Franklin tombstones have been desecrated, hogs killed and chick; ens and clothing stolen. One man had 225 chickens token, and another, -ssreral sacks of flour. Robberies take placn every night. 1y ffewnrd eo'intv. M0 persons have

1 I eon eonvwted of misdemeanors by Jtisj t eet of the Peac- sinu the Mayor of . 1 Koiumiti .hiving the post year. Of this ! nnmlvr IWO wvt in Hio city. Intoji- ; atinu liqui was directly the cause of ;t04 aiid indirectly of 158 of the od'tmsee.

t lit svlnvi fund realized $tSSW.75 from il'..;. E D12AB3ETH T. Wxuus has filed a aok in the Circuit Court at LoganBport against Simon Peter Kerns, asking for -$2,000 damages for breach of promise of marriige. She was a domestic in tho family when the alleged proposal was made, which he subsequently reoMuddered and married luiother. In Huntington county some workmen ' on a form, while digging a well, unearthed a fossil skeletor, including two tasks cloven feet ling and as thick ss a man's thigh; a rib four feet two inches . long, leg bone and the skull, Two of the teeth which fell frotntbe jaw weighed respectively seven and three-fourtii aud . eight and ono-third pounds. Nbw Indiana patents: Charles At -.ler-son, South Bond, plow-point; Jacob S, and D. Barrow, Windfall, stump-extractor; Elmer Bui-tou, Raysville, ciuld's carriage; Henry Coker, JniUanapotis, clutch mechanism; John M. D.cvis, Rochester, spring seat ; John F. Oebbart, Now Albany, apparatus for Weighing wool; Harvey Milter, Union county, bead-rest; Carlton E. Sage, Elkhart, automatic feeder for middbngs-parifior, roller-wills, etc. ; Benjamin Staleup and G. W. Stewart, Worth ington, band-cotter and feeder for thrasliiug-machnK. Thb State Bureau of Statistics ? tit jly issued a third bulletin relat'' i to the nur tlio? of horsco, iank t . i -i-ho -s avd Rlu-epin r'ie severaj yonuUv Un ;8U-8 The total '.:

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t'ie, 24,509; laxg. v of hogs, -.5.1fad ; orgeat nuajber of sheep, wS,