Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 44, Bloomington, Monroe County, 15 February 1882 — Page 1

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JACK ENGAGED BEEF.

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Early and late bad Fanner Brace

labored since, taking his little family out

West, trying h beat to nutke an honest living foe tbem, tod lay up a little fortune for hard' times'; bat the hard times rare along before the fortune, and it Memad'aa though- troubles grew faster than anything else around him, causing many anxious days and aieppless nights for him and hia srctxl. thnlty wife. Sickness came Itrnt, forcing him to lay by at tlie very time that' his fields needed him most, and when at last bis grain was planted, a long drought, injuring the crops of others bat slightly, absolutely ruined his, and seeming, as he discon solately said, as if seat directly against him. '. In tenth, it was damaging, and: white his neighbors,, an all sides old Mttkaa, and well-to-do were prospelring fad thriving, storing away theii gathcxed - produce, the poor iarmer only foond himself growing poorer, and, knowing that Jte had little to put .by from his summer's work for the winter's needs, he grew more sod nwre dejected ad anxionsC 1 One by one it bad oeei, necessary to sell the few pieces of sttck they had ownedthe pk? going first to. pay the doctor's bill, the aheep atxt tobuy seed, and now it had kmg bVen a settled fact in the. poor man's maul, long' before Its would tell bis wife or lit tie Donald or Patsey, that " Glover, ' the good, gentle eow, moat go, too. He had not the heart to tell tbeip. . for had not Clover eome aB the way from their far Eastern, borne with thero, and for four years as long almost aa little Patsey could remember bad been jnst like one of the family? and sorely, a better or more aawbonate eow never liv.ii Every summer evening Donald and Fataey went to drive her up, and, -as soon aa she hecrd their loices, without wailing to give them tlie trouble of looking for her, she woul 1 come quickly from the woods or -fbi meadow to meet thero, and, all three- wallang home together, you would never know but that it was Glover taking eats of them instead of their driving her. And as for their mother,- a tender-hearted, timid, little woman, who had never learned to know her neighbors very well, : Clover teemed ike a real friend -o.her, reminding her always of the eld home and the friends she had left these. . .f" . And now to think that Clover mnstb sold! And, what was wcrsestOi, noons around wanted to boy a xiileb. cow, and, because she was so fat, led continually by ihe children with everything good, it was the butcher who waited W, offering maze than any one ese. Oh, it did seem hard, and yet, look at it as they would, there seemed no telp for it. "It is to get bread for our children, Jffary,""3aid Farmer Bruce, as the tears streamed from his wife' eyes. " We are owing now for the as provision, and . I hays not a cent with wbijh tc- bay more; And yon know ve are almost strangers here still, and, even if I felt it Tight to borrow with sclit tie certainty of paying, I know of so one who would Jrobably loan me the price of the cow. t always looks aa-thosgh people- were not fiirif ty or careful, or stmething; to be so poor ; bat God only knows how bard we have worked, or how we have tried to save-, . Sometimes it seams.as though even! Bb hand is against -as."' "Oh.,do;t say that. James," answered -bis wife, jnckly, 'and trying hard to look cheerful -as he-driedht-rrtye8. ' MTfcwili an come right in time if we trust Him, and I can give; np Glover, it it is neoesrj."' - - 7 But Donald and ffAaev were not s eay recqqrlqdv :7y CBedjateoaaly when their mother told tltem, and it was truly a. sad group that gathered round whea abpjtaJotibr came thai afternooa to look a4 Clover for the last time. Even Towser, the dog, -seemed to realize that something sad Wsgoisg on,-and satnp looking very solemn as C over came out of thejstall where she nat been ket all day to be in zeadmess. Donakf crept dose to his father, aad slipped cue arm around him aa in a raute ippeal, or seeking comfort, but PittBey forgot all her own sorrow in her love and sympathy for poor Clover. "8be shall net listen to what thatcruel man is saying-!' the cried, and, running off, brought a tcmdfnl of green grass and leaves. "Look at me, 2t2?r, dear iM Clovr." nb ' iiil. oaxioirfk-: " dotit listen to what they are ssyinjg ; it utii make yon so sad and unhappy " " She's in good order. Farmer Bruce,'' the butcher wa9say"ag, and Twill give Jrou $25 for her; and a food price it is or the way cows are sell ng thui season." " r suppose I will hav-3 to let her go," answered Mr. Brace, siidly, "bat it's almost like selling one of the family." " It's a pity, truly," answered. the butcher, "and I am gorrfor you, indeed 1 am ; tat, it yen have fa sell, why, X might a Well take her at another." ' Jus. Brace ooverod hiw face with her -pron to hider the ftearstoat would eome, I rat she ottered no comiilaints to make : her bnebaad's doty harder thai it was. All this' time'Jaek; tbo - BOtchert son, had been-standing at the gate within sight and hearing of thij scene, and it was with i face really s land fill of pity that he. oleyed his fatt er 's ct Jl to help dr.ve Clover away. ' Litt'e Patsey ran nf t him, as if fan. eying-him more tenlef hearted than the fit botcher and, withtliel tears stream ing down Jjer face, sbe sobbed :

"fleaac (0e&ie,luU he ; easy Wyon? can F ?

Jack cjuld not say anythisg to com-, n lStfiW anil laA ant tmna faT'tiw vrttllr a9

vaw a-m T mix sm iaaK uamv eewvav vwja-W along behind the gentle, pat ent looking eow lor some distance ir aiiimce. I rtpvnr fell to wrry in my life, fav' thw, ' niilbc at lost", - , t ike . cow as this Ottf. Yi,ifc is & unvnextid the butcl r, :ilp:tl; . you lairk fcBuf," xitii Jack tfgaui, uthtt y i im':l loan I'.iraer Brno) the im.' - .mil lot them keep the cow & ;' ivf-y 1 . mgs maj go better . ti- v yet " "Taut fa;.. o ' i-. . w we.l hi- father, decidedly. " I hbve no money to spare, even if 1 thought it likely he'd be able to-pay hack a much ; and I tell you now; Jack, that, though it's well esong& to be tender hearted and all that, it don't do to have too much of it, especially jn the imtuhering bosinesB.'' But under tiis rough fustian coat Jack carried a heart wsm.cr and kinder than most boys brought np to seeing young Iambs and calves led i.way daily from sorrowing mothers to le sfaugbtcTcd in the butcher's pan.und l e could not drive

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Jack treated Clover to as good a snp- . per as even Donald could have wished, but she seemed uneasy and troubled in her strange surroundings, and Jack could not help feeling almost as sorry for her as those she had left The butcher and Mi wife sat at breakfast the next morning, both .wondering where Jack could bo, and they had finjsbed the meal before he came 'in with glowing cheeks and eyes bright from' active exercise in the fresh morning air. " Where haveyou been bo early, Jack?" asked his father. . " Why, I thought I would bo ahead of you for once, father,'' answered Jack, "audi have been out since daylight engaging the beef." (How it would have pained Donahl 'and Patsey fo hear their dear Clover called " the beef.") 'Well, that's something like business," replied the butcher, with a pleased expression: "And how have yon succeeded P " Splendidly V answered Jack, with unusual errthnsiasm. " I have engaged every part, lode and all, except one fore quarter, which 1 thought we would want ourselves. "That's right," replied his father. "Yon have slept off your tender-hearted-But I have not yet told you just how it is engaged," continued Jack, with a

L iwinkle m bis eye. " All our customers I mi -v nlnu,

"What!" exclaimed the butcher;

-"have you lost your senses, or what are

ron talking about T

Jaci couid not restrain a merry laugn ny longert "IH tell you alt about it, father," laid be. "I really could scarcely sleep last night Just for thinking of those poor children and Fanner Bnro and his wife, win all their ill luck ; and it just seemed to pop into my mind to go to all 3ur best customers and see if together they would not buy the cow back for them ; so I have been out since daytight, and almost every one I went to fhd asl asked, from the good parson down, asd I have their names all here in our custom-book jnst as though-we were going' tq. deliver the meat as usual. Xou aren't angry, are you. father V The butcher had been looking so grave while Jack told his story that the boy feared somewhat he might have been wrong in acting thus without the consent of any one, but quickly came the- resswuring asswef : "Not a bit, my boy i And I am glad you kept a part for tis. Xou inay sot make a good butcher, Jack, but I was thinking that you may make somethings deal better. Eat your breakfast, and we will finish up the matter afterward." Donald and Falser were sittinir. with

faces still sad and thoughtful, before their door the next morning, thinking of what happened the evening before, when

both sprang up at onoe, looking eagerly toward the road.

" Wa&a't that Clovers vowe?' cried

Donald. " Oh. Patsey. perhaps she has

got away from them, and has run back

to ask us to save nerr and, just as ne spoke, there, sure enough, at the gate

appeared Clover, lowing m tne mellow voice thev know so welL and lookinc

over into the yard with a glad look of

recofrmaon in ner big soft eyes.

In a moment the little boy and girl

were by her side calling her all the pet

witn snouts ol welcome, ana

there frora her neck hung a large white

card with words written on it which they could not read: but their father and

'mother too had heard the commotion,

and now came hastening to the gate with sad hearts, for -they feared poor

Clover had only found her way home

again to do sent away once more, xmt

there was the card rending :

For Donald and Pataev from their

neighbors, who thought Clover too awod

to be killed."

on, .vosaui, aura t x ten you so i

cried Pafcey, in an ecstasy otdelight.

" Noeow so Rood as Glover -would be

allowed lobe killed. -s

Butr. aAd Mrs. Bruce looked from -

one another to tho card, somewhat

tronHed to ksow what it all meant.

Just at this moment- Jack, with his' mer

ry face and kindly smile, appeared from behind a tree near by,

Let me einlain it all to vou. Mr.

Bruce," said be, and soon he had told, . i . i i ,j i

as qencaiiHij aa aa nouiu, oi now sorry he had felt for the two little ones, and bow, for their sakes, he bad engaged the meat after hia ewn novel way that

morning. . There was a tear of grateful appreciation in the eyes of the honest farmer as he listened, and his voice was a little faltering aflBe said : ; ? ... " I' would not have thought there were omanyiand'pelss-tound'me;' 11111 you please let naVaee-yeur ciiMom-book, Jack?" audj, takm peiioi and; 'paper , from his poclet, he quickly' copied the ' list of nanjes-jbmV lis page Attended him by Jack. ' ' I can only accept it 'as aloan. tobe paid back next year," said he, "but I thank my good neighbors for it just the same, and yon more than aB, my. boy.- Xou have saved us many a.' heart-ache to-day and many a want this wiitei." ; - And JaoK went away. the happiest boy in aU that country, while Donald and Patsey were still caressing their .deal, eld Glover, and MrsV Brucfe hastened 6B for the milk-pail, Romeau. PrebaMe Fate ef Lieut. Be Leag. Inttncstiiaj mfornation coneacinag the fats of Lieut. Dalxag, eoanaander of the Jeannet tc, cornea It on Uent Danenhower at IrkiiaVk. Tne record "cached" by Lieut. De loug ahowB that' hia party, oomflBtijig of fonrtce cflicen .and man, reached a deserted hot Sept. 2 and from tbtnee proceeded in their ei.deavor to reach Home settlement on toe Lena river. Lator records were found' QO-riuft that On the Mb ot OetoLer two - men were sunt ahead for relief, and thai after raarrchinK; soutn fair flfteen' dajrs they were found ina Htaxring eondiUon by natives and takco to a settlement. Effort) to find I it tit. De Long' party had to be abandjntd by reason of the refusal of the natirea logo on farther, and a Bossiaa fores was then erqanisod, and mam searohlug. Tin re is raasrm to fear that starvation mar have seen the fate of the De Long party, as they had but two days' provitriona, and there was nothing to depend opon for subMutenee bat the precarious imppiy ot game afforded by that desolate region. Secretary Hunt has Minted Lieut. Oiks B. Harbsr and tX-ikter W. H. Bclieutze, of the navy, to proreai to Biben and aasist Lieut Danenhower in hia search for the miming ezplorert. . j ! It naaid tints those who wish to do any painting on or about their mills, will filial tho following an excellent and cheap recipe, winch wiu last much longer than any ordinary whitewash: Throe hundred parts washed and sieved white sand, forty parts of precipitated chalk, fifty

of resui and four parts of linseed

faces he had neen that evening; they I oil are mixed and boiled in an iron ket

mIb-mI on aorniii in sileace. and It

jpuly when he reachef t aeir gate.tltat he said, half jestingly, half in earnest : I suppose you'd hats no objection if I could buy the cow bask ?" "None in the woriL" answered bis father, with an egay smile. " I huve no grudge agaiaet thi poor aajnial's life,"

tie. and then one part of oxide of cooper

and one part of sulphuric acid are added. This mass is applied with an ordinary paint brush while warm. If it is too thick it is diluted with linseed oil. This paint dries very rapidly and gete very hard, but protect- tite wood excellently, rt--'

TIKI'S AD KIBE. saaw a Bar Trie Tm Hmtra let . tlse -WituMi f r AstMi'-l Jfaurae. ' ' 1 ('rrmiUh.rnilKlelphta'TtDiM.Zekewas thought to te the dunoe of the family. Be wasn't dull exactly,- but because of his quiet wayn and his love of sleephe gottobe.kTrown aothemost back-, warl of the bright Burnwell boys. Zeke wspsolazythaihe couldn't count, though

twelve yea3 of .age.' When, along anout

Zeke, and tell me what time it is." Zeke would look at the clock and remark " Little hand's a stickin' straight up !" One day Jerry, the black mim, made'tUn or Zeke, saying- - "Q'laUg wid yrfye do'iin know yer foot from, a hole in de ground; g'w.a- from heah en lam- to count u$ fei A B 0" What Jerry said made the lad feel ashamed. That sight he covered his head with a quilt, and said to himself that he. wished a bugaboo would catch him,bj- the t.and. taka him to the bad place. As he was feeding the horses next morning lie asked his friend . Joe, the stable-nan, how he could learn to count, Joe laughed and winked vst , a. big horse narnedBob. "Why, you pester you, why don't you get up onto Bob's back and count then air hairs in his mane?" That made Zeke's blood fsel hot in his f ater "-ArHightj" he' Raid, and bounding from the hav- mow he lighted upon Bob's back. Bob was taken by surprise. Ho wasn't in .the habit of having boys an his back at braUrfaet, flohe started on a wild tun. If Zeke couldn't count he could ride a horse as a swallow rides the

air. Away went Bob out the lane and up the country road,- Zeke grasped a handful of the mane and began to pick out tlie black threads. . - "One, two, three, four, five" but just as he was about to say six a violent jerk of the horse's head drew the mane from his hand. Nothing daunted, however, the boy began again. Bob was running up the road at full speed.

"Hal ha!" hallooed a man by the roadside, " what are you doia' ?" " Countin hairs," said Zeke. " What a little fool !" exclaimed the man; "he might aa well try to number the hairs of my head, but before he could get through with his job every hair would be gray." But the dashing horse and his bold rider were out of hearing and -out of sight. They went steadily on for nearly an hour. Zeke had counted a thousand and Bob's tun had dropped into a swift trot. "Hold on," said a gentleman whom they met on tite bridge; "where are you going to without saddle or bridle ?" "Counting the- hairs of the horse's mi ne," replied Zeke, ijiever looking up. "Why don't you count the hair of his tail?" roared the gentleman, with much merriment; but on sped Bob with Zeke bending closely over his neck. Boon afterward the frightened horse came to the Schuylkill River. Into the water he trotted, and soon he was swimming for the other shore. This Zeke had net expected. The shock of the cold water caused him to fcrget his count, and he was obliged to cliug to the mane to eve his life. " Anyhow," Zoke said, "I find the mane of some use." When Bob reached the other bank he kept on as madly as before, but seeing that his rider was more than a match for liim, he at last stopped short and began to turn the head toward Zeke. Meanwhile Zeke had given over bis attempt to count the hairs of the mane. What he was thinking about was how he could procure a bridle. His hands still grasped the hairs, which felt so smooth and strong that the lad decided to try and make a bridle out of them. With his jackknife he succeeded in cutting off several strands, which he tied and twisted together in a clumsy fashion. A stick of crooked oak, whittled smoothly, served, as a bit. Zeke .looked with pride upon his odd pieces of harness, and he wasdeb'ghted when Bob, resDondinff to a null of the rain, trotted

off homeward. That night Zeke ate his

supper in pain in bed, but the strange adventure so worked upon his mind that it resulted in good. He applied himself to his books, and now he is professor in

one of the best colleges of the country.

Fnbllc Politeness. I was coming np town, stud entered the stage in wbich ave elegantly dressei and fine-looking women were sitting on ejicb, aide of it. They might be the lady patronesses of some society. There was room for another person on each Bide, but not one of those women moved to make room for me, and I rode a mile or more, while these ten, women I do not say ladies declined io give me a seat, as they could have done any moment without rising or crowding. The most of them were probably mothers. But as the instinct of good manners that is, of politeness, which is simply the law of kindness was not in the breast of one of the ten, what is to be expected of their ohildron? They cannot teach what they do not know, and, as they know nothing of politeness, their ohildreu will be boors.

Going to the onunibns again for a sample of manners, I opened the door to step is, the other day, when a boy took advantage of my holding it open, jumped in and took the only vacant seat, tickled that he got the start of me - and got the seat. This was young America all over. The. great Athenian philosopher said that democracy has the foundation in the principle that one man is as good as another, .if not a little better. And many wise men have insisted that popular govermest tends to destroy reverence-for superiors and deference to others, which are essential elements of refined manners. " In honor preferring one another," is the inspired religion of politeness. It is not one of the highest virtues. It may be where there is no virtue. And I do not say the politest nations are the strongest; nor that it is impossible to got money, and lower, and all that, with the manners of f. pig, -The very trait of character which the "gintleman who pays the rint" exhibits when he puts his foot into the trough to keep others away while he eats;' is the trait of many who succeed in getting much money. But there is a better way. And it is the way that has few walking in it, in this day of ours, A (Hoed Scheme in Schools. Tn a public uchool at Waukesha, Wis., an ungraded department has for more than two yesis been maintained with satisfactory .results. Dull, truant feeble and vicious children are relegated to it from the other departmentsall those, in fact, who are not able to go on with the work of tho regular grades. Hpecial methods are adopted in teaching those children, and after e, few months in this room they tot only regain thetr lost standing, nut are often able to enter a grade in advance of their former classmates. The teacher in ohtrge of this school attributes this result chiefly to those pupils getting rid of the drudgory -.. . - j '

of the graded departments. There could hardly be a stronger argument in favor of more lively and- intelligent methods in -our public schools, Exchange. v , -Letting a Bog Loose. - 'A salobn-keeper on Gratiot avenut paid certain parties in Chicago 925 for ? shifted . lion, to add to the attractions ot his saloon, and as the place waa being -scrubbed, out the-lion was pjaccd Kit the 'front door to keen him- out'df the -Wet,

Half a block down the street a farmei

meant, and gathered around the windows ! to poep into his chamber. He demanded

that tne Minds lie drawn t glit, saying ho was no wild animal to be exhibited. It was afterward found that he used the candles to melt bis. sealing-wax and stamp his letters. The landlord once entered his room on another occasion to welcome him to Bowling Green, and began, ' Mr. Bandolph, 1 believe.' Yes, i hank you, sir ; where did you get your unixrtinnce?' .responded Ran

dolph's -'brill voice, without an instants delay. Ho enrao through hero tlw last

THE PROTECTIVE PRISOH'LK.

Was havinir bis Wacrm repaired, and a !

big bulldog wan eliainisd to the axlotree, time in buggy, om of the first buggies

MO grew uneasy yie mmute tne lion was i l over saw, unveil ny ins mw servant, rolle.l out, and "it needed only a few en-1 Juba,"

couniging words from the boys to render

him half frantic. He crow led and

plunged and tore around and attracted quite a crowd, among which was a man who remavked ; ' ' " That's a purty brave dog of yours, stranger." "Brave I I'd like to see the man or beaat,fcewouldn't tackle 1 " - replied the owner! "I dimno about that. Never faw a dog yet who would stand before a'lion." - " Well hero's one who'd stand before two lions. See how anxious he is to get there?" " Yes, but . ho puts thai on because he's .chained. If he waa loose, you couldn't get him wiihin a rod of that specimen." " Couldn't eh ? Maybe you want to hear yourself talk." " Well, I duiino. Ym opposed to betting, card-playing, dancing and all that, but seeing you are rather sassy about this, I've got half a dollar here which says that yon can't get that dog to go within six feet of that; lion." "Put up the money put up the money 1 " shouted the farmer as he went down into his own pockets for tlie coin. The money was put up, the crowd fell back and the farmer's face wore a smile of triumph as he sti'l further excited the dog and then slipped bis collar. With a yell of rage the "canine " made a beeline fo? the kir.g of beasts, and in another moment there was reason for a terrific yell' of applause. Dog and lion filled the air, so to say. The lion was rolled over and- over, grabbed by tile throat and' shaken around, drawn across the street and back by the ear, and when the dog finally let up on the corpse the battle-ground was covered with hair and hay and eaw-dust and glass-eyes. At that moment the saloon-keeper rushed out, a policeman came np, and lor five minutes the air was rent with shouts and exclamations and expostulations. "It was all in'' fun," explained the

lamer. " Dot lions cost me $25 in Sheeoago ! " protested the saloon man. "Who put up this job ?" demanded tho officer as he glared around on the the crowd. By and by a deep silence f ell upon the crowd, and m a voice which had only kindness in it the owner of the lion said he must have his $25 or he would start for the Police Court Tho policeman said it was certainly a case for the courts, and the crowd said the farmer might have known what would happen. He protested but finally came to time, and when he had passed over a $10 bill and given his note for the balance, he had only one sentence to utter. That was : " Now, then, I '11 give any o! you five acres of land to put me face to face with the outlaw who put np this job on a hard-working, innocent man ! " Detroit iYcc I'reic.

THE SHERMAN BILL.

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Heat Ycrsus Vegetable Diet, The most plausible argument we haw seen offered against the vegetarians lb) some time, is contained in a recent number of the Boston Journal of Ciemi try. It relates experiment of Profissoi Hoffman, which tend to show that a fa) greater proportion of a meat diet is as-

Mmil.lul .l..n Af waMl.Mi. slinf Tf t I

..ji i tbirty-two. There fa now hfrdly a doubt

Vc. of the Three-per-Cent.

Funding" Act. , The following ia the full text of the 3-percent Funding till, as passed by the Senate of the Daltod States. Bv ti tiiacinl, tie, Thattbo Secretary ot tlie Treasury ia hereby authorized to receive at the trcksury and at the office of any jUsifttant Treasurer of the United States, and at any postal ;ioney-order oflice, lawful money or tbe United States to tho amount of 50, or any multiple of that sum, or any bonds of the United States bearing 3 per centum in. tercat, which arc hereby duel, red valid, and to issue in exchange therefor an equal amount of registered or coupon bonds of the United 'Slates, of the denouniuUonsof 50, 100, tfiflO, 1,00.J and $10,000, of such form as ho may prescribcf bearing interest at the rate of 3 per centum per annum, payable either quarterly or semi-annually at (he treasury of the United States. Snob .bonds shall be exempt from all taxation by or under State authority, and be payable at tho pleasure of the United States. Provitkil, that tbe bonds herein authorized shall not be called in and paid so long as any bonds of tho United States heretofore issued bearing a higher rate of interest than 3 per centum, and which shah bo redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, shall be outstanding and uncalled. Tbe !last of said bonds origiuillj issued and their substitutes, under this act, shall lie first called in, and this order of payment shall be lollowed until all shall have - been paid. The money deposited under this act shall be promptly applied solely to the redemption of the bonds of tbe United States bearing & per centnm interest-; and the aggregate amount of depovits made and bonds issued under this act shall not exceed the sum of 200,000,(100. The amount of lawful money so received on deposit as aforesaid shall not exooed at any time the snm of 935,000,000. Before any such deposits are received at any such postal money-order office under this act, the Pontmincr at such office shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury his bond with satisfactory security, conditioned he will promptly transmit to- the Treasurer ot tho United (States tho money received by hiinm conformity with regulations to be prescribed by nuch Secretary ; and the deposit with any Fommlfrter shall not at anytime exceed the amount of his bond. Sec. 2. Any iiational-benkhig aisociaiion now organized, or hereafter organized, de

siring to withdraw its circulating notes, upon the tleiioBitor lawful money with the Treasurer oi the United States, as provided in section 4 of act of June SO, 18T4, entitled "An act filing tho amount of United States notes, proridirg for redistribution of nationalbank currency, and for other purposes," shall be reqnired to give thirty days' notice to tho Comptroller of tbe Currency of its intention to deposit lawful money and withdraw its circulating notes; proeiiifd, that not mora than f5,000,000 in lattful money shall be deposited during any calendar month for this purpose ; and, provided further, that tho provisions of this act' shall not apnly to bones called for redemption by the Secretary of tbe Treasury. Hra. 3. That nothing in this act shall bo ho eonttrued as to' authorize an-increase of the (ablio debt. Burled in a Coal-Mlne. Coalfield, Vs., Feb. H Shortly after 1 o'clock to-day an explosion ooournid iu the Orave shaft of the Midlothian coal-pits. A volume of smoke, cinders, wood and bark burst from the shaft, which became choked, up and closed. ' Intense excitement ensued, I'M it was known that a large number of men were at work in the pit, which is over 1,203 feet in depth, tho galleries extending about three thousand feet under gionud. Tne greatest efforts have been mado to tap the pit and reach the injured workmen, but without success, People from all quarters are nocking to tbe scene of explosion. There sre various reports as to the number of workmen in the pit. Same

say there are thirty-flve, others say that tho correct number ia probably

much nutriment each putcinto the body,

but how much of it remains there nnc how much goes to waste." Prof. Hoffman fed a servant on vegetable diet and found that not one half of the albuminous matter had been digested. Th same man waa next fed on beef, fat and flour, and only one-fifth of the albuminous substance passed off aa waste. - Experiments of other physiologists an quoted that gave similar results. The writer then concludes that " the result! of these experiments by independent investigators evidently agree in proving that a much larger fraction of nutriment ia utilized in the case of animal than iu that of vegetable food. They go far toward knocking away the very foundations of vegetarianism by showing that our digestive apparatus is liettor adapted to denl with the former than the latter." The experiments referred io by the Boston Journal of Chemittrj are not logically conclusive. There 1b a flaw in the premisesor lots of room for one. The men experimented upon had in all probability been raised upon a miscellaneous diet, . and their digestive powers are an unknown quantity, and so the experiments cannot prove much until they are repeated upon a healthy person who has been raised as a vegetarian. As people are now, doubtless meats ar digested with less waste than vegetables,

and possibly it remains true for every

enter: a-ned that the tbirty-two menare dead. If any survived tho immediate explosion they we're suffocated very soon after. A majority of the intombed were married, and many lears largo families. Hort of these assembled at the nouth of the shaft, and the scene was heartrending in the extreme. BicrotoKO, Va., Feb. 6. The men imprisoned in the Midlothian soine, at Coalfield, Chesterfield county, are believed to

I be dead. Tho means of ventilating the death

trap were destroyed in the explosion, and the pit was on fire for a time, at least. New apparatus of all kinds will have to be built before even the attempt to rescue the imprisoned perrons can be made. Tpo disaster leaves behind it twenty -.seven widows and 108 orphanchildren, for whose relief subscriptions hare been ttioted in Richmond. One body has been taken out

The theory of the Republican doctrine of protection is very feiniple. Its purpose is to foster home industry, to create a demand for home labor ami to insure fair wages for boitest work. No nation can bo really independent that is obliged to liok ou Usui o of itself for what is essential to its lift) and to the comfort, aud happiness of ite people Tho disadvantages under which the South labored during the civil war is a eigniticant 'illustration. Al hough it was in some degroo benefited by the protective principle, the reople of that section never availed themselves, athey might have douo, of its stimulating influence, and were, as a consequence, wholly dependent upon sources out ido of themselves for miuiy things essential to a vigorous prosecution of the war they forced upon tho country. They were crippled at the start because of this dependence, and it was a source of

' weakness to them during the whole of

the contest . With the North it was not so. Whatever was necessary- munitions nnd sup, plies of every sort, from a cartridg s to a cannon, and from a shoe to u ehapeuu were nil available, promptly and in superabundance, at our own workshops, factories and laboratories. But for tuu the lesult of the persistent way in which the protective -principle tind beeti fostered hot oi'ly would years have been added to tho contest, but the result might have been less satisfactory to our national pride and,, less gratifying init8 practical issues. Tho fathers of the lte volution were sadly crippled becau-o of their poverty in all the departments of industry, nlid the .War oi 1812 furbished new proof ot the embarrassment which are inseparable from dependence upon other nations during a struggle with a foreign power. If tho United States had been as capable of meeting the exigencies ol war as they are to-day, thero' would have been no War of 18W, or, if there had been, it-would have been fought better and would have closed souiier. There is no surer guarantee of perixjtual pence than abundant prjparation for possible war, and no nation has this preparation which has uotwithiu itself tlie ability to produce whatever is necessary to push a war with alacrity and vigor. The "United States is thus prepared to-day, and that it fo thus prepared is owiug to the fact that, under the protective principle, the needed industries have been fostered and encouraged until they ore ready to respond to any demand that may be made upon them, whether iu war or in peace. If the United Slates is respected and feared now more than over before, it is because it cau compel respect, and it cats compel respect bo cause it hits reached a point in material wealth aud in manufacturing resources when wc ure not dependent, upon oither the frieudsbip or orlieanince of any nation for what is necessary to enablo us to repel invasion or to vindicate our na tional honor. If protection hod done no more than this it weald deserve to bo well thought of by every intelligent statesman and every true patriot in the land.- But this national advantage is but an incident

. The real merit of tlie principle, and the

real reason why it should be tenaciously adhered to is because of the lieneficent influence it has exerted upon the prosperity and happiness of the people by curtailing comretition between those whose wages are largely contingent upon an acti ve demand for their labor, and thus injuring to every man " a fair day's wages for a fair day's service." That the protective principle ha wrought out these results is susceptible of demonstration, and it is because the millions of workmen who find abund

ance of remunerative employment in our thousands of workshops, mills aud factories understand tho whole subject in its esscntiul rudiments that the t'tec trade and revenue tariff sophistries not only fail 'to find favor with our intelligent arti(ns but prove fatal to the po litical aspirations of all who assume their championship! Albany Jiaeniny Journal.

Apportionment The Pending BiU. Washington dispatches state that indications point very dearly to the rejection of the pending Apportionment bill in tho House in the present shape. The Democrats are generally against it, and many Republicans are o)enly opposing jt Bej resent ativo Blackburn says that it is an unjust measure, that it ignores tho rapidly growing Western Slate, and gives an increase in tho repror ratalion to the Eastern States that are declining in population. lie says it will be rejected. Pago, ot California, nays it la founded upon injustice, and n ni 1 bo beaten badly. Blount eayn it U infamons, and the method of apportionment on which it is based is outrageous. Ho is satiified it will bo beaten. Piund, of Wisconoin, feels cure the bill wil be rejected. Sparks, of - Illinois, is' opjiosed to it. and pred cts its defeat It was tup-

body ; but to determine just how much i posed that as tho bill conferred the increase

auvanuige oi uus Kind is to re creaitca to meat diot it will be necessary to make a large number of careful experiments upon fair specimens of meat eaters and vegetarians, trying each' on the different kinds of diet and comparing results. The animal kingdom furnishes abundant 'material for such investigation in different classes of carniverons and herbivorous domesticated animals, which field invites the attention oi practical physiologists who desire to settle the auestion. 7r. Fooie'i Health Monthlu.

Jefferson and Randolph. " Do you remembor President Jeffer

son V" asked a correspondent of an ancient Virginian, .

very won. rte uiu not die 1 11 J

proposed upon the larger Statea it would

get the support of tho delegations from those Statea, but this is not so. Several roe tabors from Pennsylvania now do not thiuk the b'.ll plight to pass. One substitute that will be oiTvrod for tho pending bill will propose to fix the membership of the House at 321. asllint would distribute the representation, it is olnimed, mere equitably among the factions than any other number. Democrat gem rally favor lhe smaller number, and it will be pr-I-oseJ fro ii their aide to keep the House ttt its present figure, 293. Some of those who iiavo siu lied ll.e drift of opinion think S'jI will be tho number Anally adopted. BIaIub and the State Bepartntent, mIN8 TO THE PUESIDKNT. Mr. Blaine, in a letter to President Arthur, xprenxes great surprise at tho annulment ot the invitations to the congroaa of nations, saying that tho voluntary humiliationof tho United

wiu 11. He was a tall mini oriin'nnllv i Htntea could cnlv bo mado more-complete by

red-haired, not unlike Virginia old men', ' requesting tho pormiHsion or Europe for the . - . - n ! vu I lr.iiiin- Tho nw.Hnnrnlrirv VaAfTh that Tn A in.-

straight and gravayou eon see a Iwut ?r bona extended l.v I h. President be not r.

ailed, as tho meeting is a necessity to the com--moroial interests of the country TIIK rRKSIDENT ANNOIKD. A Washington (elogram says " the publication of Mr. Maine's letter to tbe President in relation to the proponed' Peace IJnngress of American Republics has added fwb fuel to the Ha ni-i of diM'iimion that wsh inspired by Die original publication of tho Mate Department convupondciico. It is understood that tho President will answer Mr. Blaine's letter in aKpicinl mcg.gftto (knigmmi, laying tbe sut-ji-ct iiistUr of tho propo-icd Peace Conferenoo before ie two houses, and telling hew the project was niiilnrcd.

hero nowadays. The liijrh road from

Richmond to Washington paswid through Bowling Green, nnd noarly till tho Virginia and moat of the national statesmen stopped over night in our town, which is forty-five miles from Richmond, and about twenty five from Prcdreioksburg." " John Randolph, 1 suppose, often wentp.wt?" "Often. He was a lean, lalln-h mau pecnlia'-lookiufj, but nothing much to excite attention till he liegau to speak. Then, oh, my ! His voice was like a bagpipe in battle, piercing every man's giKznnl. One of the Inat times he was m Bowling Gr.wn lie atopped at the tavern and called for six candles. As it was daylight people wondered w':ftt he

J'ne two heaviest taxpayers of Boston ate Moses Williams and Joshua' M. Bears, the first named being assessed for fa.aoo.QOO, and. the other lor 3.sm,O0Q,

The Administration and the South. An Associated Press telegram from Washington -says: " Tho indications are that the administration lielievos in tho policy of putting Fedon l offices where they will do the most good for the party. Hone but Republicans in good standing are getting appointments now, even to minor postoltices. From every Southern State there is n small clique of. Republicans here manipulating tlie appointments lor thr-so States respectively, with the. exception of Virginia, and Mitlione'ti in (bunco With the administralio.i if too potent for any Republican to compete successfully with him. Indeed, Mauoue's influence is not confined to Virginia. Stalwart Republicans from other Southern (States are glad to have his assistance in tlu-ir efforts to get office. Tho President seems to lie very much impressed with the organization of a Lihoral or anti-Bourbon .party in tne South ; and office-seekers from that aection aro all advocates of that policy. It is the purpose of tho. Republican party to make coalitions wherever thot can to udvantago in tho approaching Congressional elections iu the South, and the lulniiuistrntii'ii favors tl. is plan. They expert to iu this way offset possible Dcinocratis gains in tho North, HourbouiRin ill Georgia. A correspondent of the New York Times lias had an interview with the Hon. Jonathan Noross, who was the last Republican candidate for Governor of Georgia, njinn political prospect in that State. Mi. Norcross was firmly of balit-f that the Republicans would plant themaeives upon lhe Fulton platform, aud that it would command tibe support

of the Independent Democrats, lHicauwi the latter have become convinced that tho llourlHiim arc not only acting tigaimt tho best intareats of the people, but also against the matoriut intervals of the Htuto, as was shown by their refusal to . : .i - j....

encourage ino reucui- uiew snwii -imposition at Atlanta. One of thorniest encouraging signs of tho times ia the declaration of Mr. Noroross that, "while tho Bourbons have everywhere declared never to offer uor give mi office to a colored man if they can help it, the Republicans and Independents have ceased in liold ont proursos of office to colored men for their votes, telling vthem at all times that merit and cupocity can alone furnish the necessary passport's toposi-

tiotiR of honor and trust" The negroct.

licans and the Independents to contrive some method of preventing ti ic Bourbons from cheating them out of ti:.euTotabt INDIANA NEWS. Tax Indianapolis stock-yars had receipts, lest year; of 1,1211,894 hogs, 144,144 cattle and 225,022 sheep. Thekr were It), 04,675 cijrars made in the Indianapolis district bet year, an increase of about 1,000,000 over 1830. A table prepared by ithe Statin tical Bureau shows that .1881 was much healthier for domestic animals in Indiana than iaS0. Fbank Chamiikks and wile- drove four miles to church in Edinburgh, Johnson county, taking their -wee!fa-old iiaby, and on the way home tho cldld died.In an affray at Fort Wayne between gamblers, Jeff Morris crushed the skull of Harry Maxwell. Friends of the tatter made an attempt toshooj Morris on his way to the jaiL A hiker in the Mapie Valley mines, Daviess county! stopped on a snake of the spreading viper species, and his cries for help awoke the echoes. Tlie serpent, when coiled, measured nearly twentyfour niches in diameter. This average yield of leaf tobacco in Indiana for tho last three y;ars has been 6,1187,019 pounds, and the (average home value of the crop, on the b isis of prices in 1880, is 95,9r8,9u4?tlotrt hern Indiana produces nearly the entire ;vop. Tint -widow of David S, Smith, who was employed as engineer in the construction of the new State House at In dianapnlis, has nucd the contractors for $10,000, alleging their responsibility for an -accident whereby her husband lost his life, Jessis and ltosonna Richmond, living in Johnson county, are supposed to lie the oldest married couple in the State. The former was 105 years ld the 8th of December last, and tbe latter was 104 the 10th of lost mont a. They have been married over eighty years. Statistics show that the total cubio feet of sandstone quarried in Indiana in 1881 wi 946,047; cubiefetftdf limestone quarrieS, 2,743,453; bushels of lime burned, 1,128,250; bushels, of cement manufactured, 144,509; tons of coal mined, 2,128,977; tons of fire-clay, 2M,83o. ' A haw dayia time of tlw Circuit Court at Rockport was taken up in trying a case where the sum of 17 cents waa in-, volvcd. The parties traveled over twenty miles to attend court. Tlie case was decided in favor of tho defendant, and the plaintiff now has a bill of costs amounting to about $50 to pay. ' Soke Orawfordsville College"boys"ha3 fuu in one of the rural precincts, the other night, attending a .'lecture by one of their own number, who was advertised oh the funny man of the Detroit Free Press, and afterward enjoying the sumptuous repast set oat by leading citizens of the township in honor of the lecturer. The Indiana Supreme Court has rendered a decision aflii-niitig the constitutionality of the Sunday-observauce law, which won contested on the ground that in the exemption cf tlie Hebrews from its penalties and pre visions the law granted privileges aud immunities to a distinct class or ored, and was, therefore, obnoxious to the Bill of Rights. A violent wincl-storni at Lafayette, the other night, displaced one of the smaller spires on the front of Trinity Church. The ornament, nearly a ton in weight and about twelve feet in height, twisted around on its foundation and fell, leaning up against one of the larger spires, where its pisculiar position allowed it to remain until it was taken down before any further damage occurred. . Thb Secretory of tho Indi maixjlis Board of Trade tins made his anaual report, showing the leading wholesale interests of tho city and the business transacted b;,-- them during tho past year, as follows ; Dry ijockTh, $5,000,000; groceries, $5,250,000; drugs, paints, etc., $1,700,000 ; hardware and iron, $1,750,000; boots and Shoes, $1,800,000 ; queonsware, $550,000 : confectioneries, $150,000; agricultural machinery, $1,2.50,000; countrj' produce, $900,000 ; poultry and eggs, $550,000; The Fort Wayne Gazelle is responsible for tho folki'iring : A gentleman in the West End, when tlie small-pox scare

was nrst agitated m the city, purchased some vaccine mutter for the purpose of vaccinating bis family. He mixed the matter with somo water on a piece of glass, and in doing so a portion of the mixture adhered to one of hia fingernails. Soon after, hav ing. occasion to pick his nose, he unfortunately used his finger, which had come in contact with the matter, and the conncquence wre, it " took " splendidly in his nasulwgan. Coming in contact with the -membranes in the nose, it spread all through his head, nnd as a result he has been confined to his b.?d for two Weeks There will be no question hereafter with this gentleman that if there is any virtue in vaccination ho wiU' nsver have the small-pox. Tub twenty-ninth nnunal report of tho Stat 3 SqiKirintendunt of Public In

struction, Prtif. J. M. J31oss, has been filed with the Governor. The total enumeration of school ohildron for the year iu the Statu was 359,454 white males and 311,2 )0 fottwles, 7,886 colored males md 7,212 females; a total of 714,813 ind an inereiiso'over tho preceding year f lfl,78;. The coram an srtiool fund amounts to $9, J $1,606. The school tuition revenue for the year were $2,962,742, and ' tlie total r-jecipts from all sources $5,N4.'5(420, and exrimditures I,;107,210. The nvera.) of fcIiooI days in tho year, throughout the Stale is 185. Four hundred now school houses wire built malting ii total of (,C40, iu wliioli 13,418 touchers are mp!oyed. The school property of the fc.tate is valued at

&I2,tK21.lHU. . Teachers ore paid per day ns follows,, according to tho average : In townships ninlta $1.52 and famaies 31.62 ; in town, males $2.62 and females $1.62 ; ia cities, males f:l.67 and females iS'A It. The Superintendent repirts tho school iuteresU of the State m a satisfactory condition, and lays stress on tho injunction that the school fund be strictly devoted to the purposes for which it is raised.

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' How at Airr carnages snau yea

to haul the grief ? " l-the wasy knew

takers put u fa ifeaawooay - n - A paTknt has lsen taken out m Bos---ton for cleaning fish, by gMnif tneii snuff, when they aaeeae their scales 4& The alligator is certainly a sleepy- " looking thing; but when awake forlwsiiV neat it is found there is soine snap td fa?ft"U """" "" " '" """ "wvj'i!'' Ay Irishman tells of a 'fight irwhl'V there was but one whole nose left in the crowd, "and that belonged to the tay-

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Long- Lite.. Tho famous Fontoneile. lived a orutnry, and when asked at the close of his 1-uig and brilliant career if ho felt pain, replied, "t only feel the difficulty of existing." As ho was near ng his 100th year, a friend, wl.o was 10, said to him : " Death, I think, hot? forgotten na." " Hush ! " said Fontanelle. putting

have come to understand this, and are I his finger to hif lips, "-do may pvnriiear ro working heartily tjio Ropu us!1

la

flsimemiA nmm folk- fa'Aluwn. Tfc in nine.

when it comes in the extra session of ( Legislature, and must, bo paid jpf bj;V the State. ,t ' Yon will find my mark obtbebaaek : bored," as the former said, alW shooting the negro whft had betsClbsngasisV ': hen-roost -': ' SPKAtrnwi of the Lackawanna Ooal.tw- , gion, Mr. Duffy remarks that it is the , fackawanna two tons of the anthraefto, that bothers him. : " . Thk worst kind cf rheumi-iism is tbe span trctataUssfanK Manytu irtsliaf ftat t guest has crowded in tTettweeaita tojp Meets and diel of it . !-'.' A TotiNO man who went West ivjlsta years ago is now sin undertaker in-a 'populous Westenn city. He is miimfSdag. a $10 a week living . oh a J$T a, w v alary. '" "

New York Commercial Adver

"Chanty vauntetu not itself, is

puffed up," and yet some men expect. 4) :

pun every tune m?y give a uuuik so. ma ndignant old woman's sviciety. '. ,,f " What is the greatest oharge on Mr' cord ? " asked the professor of historyv' And the absent- minded Btodentrsl-; s'wered: "Seventeen: dollars for hack hire for self and girl for two hours." V A Tororo Oil City lady reoenfly visited New York, and when she returnetrrislated how she aoppsd kit a "ptablev V hotel and want up and down stairs in sf cultivator." Her parents ehould otxltfvate her. Oil City Derrick. - m . Babon MuKiLxat, a botanist, sayn that ' " in Australia there are trees 480 feet higlt It would be interesting to have some ni- , formation as to the height of the Baron'a imnginntK't iM kit Jr- thwaiskyim in the average Australian bar-tumbler. Wn don't know much about- the opinion of the bearded lady, but we- deknow lots of girls real nioo oners, toor-: who are highly delighted with -ft, ful- , blown ' mustache on their upper lip,. Try this on your girl, young maa;yoclE -surely findhirsuted. . ! y ".What do you think of my artseki '' on the political situaticnr?" lnquwacl,. - -Fenderson, " Evervbody.jtbave heatx! speak of it" ffepliei FogV,, '" praises fin very Uglily.'' " 1 tney? Vsaid lWoW- . son, eagerly. " Whom have yoa'-tteatvl ' ' ' speak of itr" Nobody but jimmO," ti said Fogg, CMelessly,. ; . : -,,

Thb French axe still ' running." tho. mother-in-law jokes. Lc IHaaro asvs:

"A traveler, turning to his neighbor, ' said : 't think, sir, it would be prudanfe' to shut the window on your aide ; it adV mits a current of akrealiy. daDgerous to your mother-in-law.' To which tha other, with ft cruel smile, said : .'I know if" . ' " ' Whim an Idaho girl was sitting Under a tree waiting her lover, a griazly boas came along, and, approaching from behind, began to hug her. But she thought it was Tom, and no leaned back and enjoyed it heartily, and mmmiwd ' " tighter." Itbrpkethe bear ad taa,and .. he went away and hid in the .forest fotj three days to get over his shame. ' As a Woodward avenue car was on its way down town it was halted by the"' vigorous shouts and gestures et a man nearly a block away. He finally reacased the car, puffing and blowing, dropped into a seat for a minute, and then bejfgalk feeling for his nickel fo pay fare wrtri. He went through every pocket twice over, he stood up and shook himself, . and then, bolted out of the oar an4 dropped off' into the' mud, saying to ' man on tne platform : "If yro hear oil tho sudden doaUr of a fool yoo may know tl-at il;'s me. ".roi FinsePrms, Whal; They Eat la. AfWen, ! .V An African correspondent of Food MrUi ' Health, speaking of tho habit ot the) people and incidents, says :' Of course hunter's food, such aa ea... : phant foot, buffalo hump, sew eow, ' firaffe, and the hundreds of' different inds of deer that abound ia varicne -parte of tho country are all more or teas good eating, especially when you hav a good supply of Dame Nature's sauoe, hunger, on hand. I also found the ooiiey or rock rabbit a fairu,-ltloiugh too . much like a large rat to loefc.pteaeaat on . the table. The aativte of the country, are not, as a rule, great meat eaters, living generally on corn (called there, ' mealies,) milk, pumpkins, and a met of sugar cane, now and then going, in for a' ,- feast of meat I have often considered whether to this Way of living may be . ascribed the really wonderful manner in which tbey recover from wounds. - -In the Kultt war I saw foot- person . wounded in the loan with bnlleta. one of.

them especially having received a bullet' jnst below the knee, smashing all the) bonea, and leaving a hole that yon could see through. The doctors ssid the only hope for any of them was ampaitation This they refused to allow, afid they would do nothing butpour cold water from time to time, when I last saw : them all but the worse could walk akave, aud his wound looked healthy, tho bone , having grown together, and knitAeoT quite strongly. No white man -ecsihl ' have lived without an operation. On tho other hood, these xoen aoi. suocurqb to illness or'diwase. A Better Way . . The wasteful practice of bsxrasif ot otherwise destroying loye-letters ha . been brought into disrepute by youna lady in Iowa, who has had hen bountl in the form of aa album, whioh sht) turns out for tlie inspection aud enter tainment of her visitors when they hav wearied of praising her tidies and fiawoad the family photographs. - " The device, economical as it isand is that aspect praiseworthi hat. Us draw bucks. To visitors who have met-rM the pbcasois "with adisappowtmetvt," the sight of such a collection would.- be harrowing in the extremei Then tat would be the additional danger, that some guest would find among theniiav sives one from somebody to whom ah believed uhe hod a special claim: Tha

sight in such a ease, of words ot lbv addressed to another 'might bo provoea tive of unpleasantness perhaps, even, of tears or, worse still, of scratching aatr hair-pulling. ' . a Theae ossibilitie are to be dreaded. Fortunately they can be avoided withowl recurring to the ol d-f ash iouod and wasta. . ful method of burning love letters, fluoh missives contain or are popularly held to contain a good anal of sweetness. Some of them naro been deeswibed, ia the glowing imagery of girlhood, at "just too sweet for anothiug," but tbift is undoubtedly hyperbole. They ought, however, to be swseet enough for- gltMOO . if there is any semblance of sweetao about them, liot tbe Iowa plan b abandoned then and let the accumulated love letters ot the country be sent to tha glucose factories. The residents in aha neighborhood of such factories might object But thev do that now. Mrs. Surra, Back of the Ohnrcb, England, waa the actual address of alatr frr found fa w SogUnb lotoa,