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A Republican Paper Devoted to the Advancement of the Local Interests of Monroe County.
Established A. D., 1835.
BLOOM INGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1883.
Now Series, VOL. XVII NO, 37.
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aOEEEUBHl AUD DAY;
BlUE EYES FOR TRUTH. BT WOraS WaVR CowtttMKd.) ' When Sr. Alden returned to 'his ofee that day, not Utile surisiised to iirttl waitmsj for him no loss a pOMti thaij bis bridegroom, whom be bad rappod to be on tbe way to tour "St aaarng the mountains-or somewhere
with bis yomg wife. When .tbe Doctor entered tbe old
bib roM nd trave him bi band with
nut a word, then sat down again and
tessas'bank with closed eyes, as though he wanted to seat or think, and nothing moie. Dr. Alden sat down too and
Ivsttsn to study attentively his vener
the Srst thing, that torn nsnallj; ruddy
nee was desulj pala tee eyes Hollow,
uw ups. arawn m a straignt one, as thoon bw were in ym. mental or
plrjsiaaL or both. The vnc?9 and
nephew had not been . on the most mmOj terms for .some Tears, and hence- the letter's absence from the
wedding; hat, howerer.deep the young
er man s ill feelings mignt nave been, one glance at the dejected appearance
. in the armchair was enough to obliter
ate them alL After awhile, aa his
ataBvaxv n vt wm uw ojvo in uruTrh
jabe Doctor rose and touched his wrist; " then he looked at him, but tbe fine eyes
were not fnemseives, ' -What is it Philip? I think I asleep; my'dearf
The. Doctor winced; he had not talked
to Aim like that for fifteen years. Conld bis mind be wandering?
; , Ti .was. wondering if yoa were ill.
moo. wast ongns to do aone ior yon,
"t am well enough, Philip, but : little imiA a little dazed and npset.
Ion. Had better nave some wine,
Hkadn't jtwf - i "Very well."
V He drank the wine, and presently a little ootoe-eame into his face, and the
. BWetor-' rejoiced exceedingly-, notwithstSTidmg he had accaaed the good old Baaa of thefts-stealing a person's one
arwe lamo. " Will . 70a sleep for a while now,
- mSHk yet, Philip. Do yon know,
. sad he began to pass his hand over his fehead and ran Ids fingers through hi bavin a netvons sort of wsy, rery unlike his usually calm deportment, "do you know I hae done a horrible
wrong o-day, witnont being aware of lt " - - k.
agjtnisx. nez isciinationw, or tnat she cared for some one else; but now I
want to make alL the amendsl can, and I want you to help me. I will not see bar asain nnJesa she wishaa it. I
wowd ratlser not see her anyway; but - I want you to-go to her-and say it-ia my
. ueaue that she remain m that house, andaqrsHter will lire with her as she
has. .with me, to take care of her, and yoa eaa look after them both. She is attached to your mother already. Tell her I am ery sorry for all that has -' taken place only on her account and -that if 2 bear of her being a little con-
lawaq n wui please me Tery maeh. , WllVou flo this for me?"
"Indeed I wiH. Bat what are rou
woor-
rl wnl see nrr brwrer.
.and straighten oat my ai&ura; after L..that I may go to Scotland, far the sum
mer as Mass, as J. naa m tended, jtat, oh..I am so sort for that 1011!" and
'be began to pace slowly throngh the
room. " see now she was frightened into pretending she cared for me. X
knew she bad. not a Terr hamrv lifn
and X toought X could improve it. She
looks ft little like a person for whom I
bad an affection onoa Your mother
remembers her, Phfl. She baa been
dead tbeae forty years. Philip noticed a slight tremor i has Toiee, and a momentary paleness of the iaoe, sad be knew that the old love was not forgotten; that there were a few .tears to her memory he also knew, as 'bit ancle stood silently at the window looking oat into the dark street.
Bat tt tear era taoeaed, tor any grief. Taaaa ujeMrte, folded lifar a white roae-leai.
Btjat tears, tears
i TImiim wtaaa awai a
fere eslr. wwwMi ami brief r
sad hdsht, for one who gre her
But tjQ explain how the young lady who was the cause of so much woe came to to disposed as she did not wish. Cornelia) Seton was the only child of a btwysr of some note; and that was her PBusfcrtuae to be the only child bad to prey upon because he deVMed btmself to her so assiduously in r- nelsd had no peace of lOTWesmesshe was old enough to 5?!w5i?.w, bom MoHed for weermg out her boots or something else sooner the she ought. Coretoas as fndas. enrf a Nero haussli, be would have named his daughter to ghoul if the answer to the question, "what will yoa give me for her P was answered to tto satisfaction of his money gmbbirg disposition. And so, when Bobert AiSm, a aoquaintaaee of former years, retnrnedto bis native city to settle down, after great deal of wandering abowt the world. Lawyer Seton immediately engaged himself la a to him rarerential study of the old gentleman's ffoarioM affairs. . "Why, Agnes, he is worth a Bullion!
you near 7 AmiUtonT sead he, ex-
,tohm wife. And Mm. Seton
oitoaly,
She could not say much less, but she seldom answered at greater length, even
though hex husband commenced
speech at dinner and talked till far into
the nurht. -if she began a ramarK be
told her it was very senseless indeed before she finished it, and if she were silent he said she was as destitute of ideas as a sheep. She was a pretty
wocuuu in spite ol the vacant look in
her eyes, which was probably owing to
her having been domineered over to
that extent that she was afraid to think.
Sbe spent her time, for the moat part,
m running about the poor districts, al
ways inquiring where she could do the
most good, bat never doing any. She
forgot, most likely.
"Yes, a million of money," continued the scribe and pharisee for he was both. "Now IwQl tell you what I propose to do, and if yoa have an opportunity
yon may assist. Are yon attending ?
"lee, dear."
"Well, we must have Hale here some
phtand young Alden, too, the pap; I- hate ban, bat no matter. I i
engage Hale in conversation; I must
pretend I dont know he has designs on
Cornelia, and give him to understand that I intend her to marry Philip Alden m a Tery short time indeed. He is. such
a proud bemmr I know he will not con
tend after that, especially if I represent to him that Cornelia is satisfied with
the arrangement. But first, you know.
I mast see what can be done with
Groans. Now do yoa understand!' "Yes, dear." Bat she did not,
"And you wont let the oat out of the
bag?" "The eat? What cat, dear?" "Cat o' Bine tails, it ought to be,
muttered, under his bream, this re
spectable member of the legal profession. "I mean von mast be careful not
to My anything that may set Cornelia
on ner truant: ao yoa understand tnat
much.
"Yes, dear."
"Do not, in the coarse of your small
talk, mention to Capt. Hale the possi
bility of your daughter's making a nice
match. "No. dear."
"Do not get muddled and treat young Alden as though he were Cornelia's
fiancee." "No. dear."
'And say as little as possible to his
ancle.7 ;. "Very well, dear."
"Now, yon see, if that old man were let alone, he might take it into his head to waste his money endowing some
pnblic humbug or other; consequently
the sooner he is secured the better." "Keally dear, I am afraid "
"Yoa always are. What particular
fear seizes yon now, pray r
"Capt. Hale and Cornelia have been a
great deal together of late, as yoa may
"I have. What of it?"
I am afraid Cornelia has grown to
like him.
"Pooh! pooh! Who cares if she has? She' must give him ap if there is any
chance of the other.
Mrs. Seton's fears would have been
intensified if sbe bad known that her daughter's lflcing had widened into that strong weakness which we call love. Cornelia's speaking face had told a certain thing to Capt. Hale, not exactly approved bjy her father,' now that he
nsa outer visws ior ner. At any rate, he was thoroughly alive to the fact that matters had been progressing rapidly in the wrong direction; and hence the
gettmtf up of a small dinner party.
which was heavy with doom to the vic
tim.
On the night of this momentous aSair, as Cornelia was on her way to the drawin g-room, . she met her father
in the hall, who, contrary to his usual
habit, stopped and began to praise her
pretty dree?, and, aa she looked ap at him, pleased and surprised kind at
tentions from him were so rare he
lightly touched his Hps to her forehead.
If the young lady had understood her parent better, she might have been unfilial enough to quote Othello at him
-X tossed thee erel killed timer but, as she did not understand, she was
about to proceed on her way, all the
more pleased because of his approval, when he called he.
Cornelia," and with the smile still on
her face, Cornelia ran back. "I would
rather yoa did not talk much to the
young men, yon are too young, and it does net look well." Then, as he saw the quick rush of angry color to her
iks. "I do not mean that von are
in the habit of doing this, yon little
idiot, bat I am just warning yon. I may do that much, I suppose, seeing
your ignorance of tbe world is superlative."
Tbe world, forsooth! Brutal riant.
whom he personified. What was that
to her but a terror, always driving by blows those who might be led by
l and prancing on in its arro
gance, fully convinced it was . doing God's service with its "prentice hand in needlessly maiming his creatures while probing for foulness that existed only in itself?
Without a word of reply Cornelia
turned away, pained and indignant. If she bad not learned self-control in a
severe, school, doubtless it would have
gone hard with the dress her father had
admired, and he might account for her
absence among his guests as best he could; bat, as she dared not deal de
struction on her fine clothes, there was nothing for her to do but creep into her mother's shadow and be as dull as possible, consistent with manners. Papa would not like that, either, but revenge is sweet. Papa had no notion of standing any nonsense, however, and after dinner, as she still refused to brighten, he bore down upon her, laid his hand lovingly on her' shoulder, and asked her
what- she meant by sulking like a little pig. Then he left her for a time, and went off to make much of Capt. Hale. Presently he came back again, as he
noticed Dr. Alden in her vicinity, and asked for some music.
"Give as a song or two, Cornelia, if
yoa are not asleep. Dr. Alden will
tarn the leaves for yoa. won't you, Philip?"
"Xes, with pleasure, H x have my
song," said Philip.
fjornelia obediently seated herself at
the piano.
What is your song. Dr. Alden? I
will sing it now if I can."
tiocd-by,weethaart, if you please.
Miss Seton."
While others were being entertained
with sweet sounds, Frank Hale was obliged to give sole attention to the raspiag voice of the host, as he talked to him of the necessity of Cornelia's marrying a fortune and that very soon, in order to save her parents from ending their days in poverty, which he no more feared than he looked for an Arabian simoon to come and sweep the house. "Is Miss Seton acquainted, with your plans for her happiness and aggrandtaement?" asked Capt. Hile, with afaayBSfa eaVBlaSmBflSaV
"Why, to be sure she is. Philip Al
den and Cornelia have been attached tc
each other from childhood. He is his
ancle's heir, yoa know."
As poor Frank said nothing, but con
tinued to turn over engravings 'with a
very steady hand, considering the tern
pest in his heart the fond father leaned back in his chair and whistled a soft second to Cornelia's "Gcod-by,
Sweetheart, the while amusing him
self by watching the contemptuous curl of Frank's proud under lip and the
latent fire in his handsome eyes. Though time doth thrust thee from my arms, Good-bv. sweetheart, eood-bv.
sang Cornelia, and Frank wondered how the soft voice and hard heart could
go together.
"Now the next difficulty is to prevent
iete-n-tetes all around," said liawyei
Seton, musingly; "for, if Hale should
find out that I have been telling him
baker's dozen of lies, he might he
tempted to remonstrate with a horse
whip; there is no respect fer age in these degenerate days. Ah, howl -wish it was 14 o'clock, or that the giant were away on the Indian ocean, pacing his
own Quarter deck !"
But the giant seemed in no hurry to move, except in his graceful, dignified
way, m and out among the guests, never three minutes in one place, until
the unfortunate plotter was almost beside himself trying to watch him and
his daughter, and see tnat tney were at a safe distance from each other.
"How very debonair he is! If he
only knew what I am enduring I won
der would he go home and put an end to this tormenting chase? Ah, glory
be to Pan ! It looks as u ho were bid
ding Mrs. Seton an affectionate farewell. Now I do hope the foolish old
person won try to do more than ' yes,
dear,' him a few times, for, if she at
tempts to make ever so short a soeeoh.
she will tret involved and perhaps!
will, too, by the by. No, here he
comes, serene as a Turk who has beep sacking all he loved. I begin to think
he doesnt care so much for that dew-
drop of a girl after all. Fool if he
does."
"Going, Capt, Hale? Wont we have the pleasure of seeing you again before
you sail 7"
"Thank you, I cannot say; but good-
by, m case X do not see you again. "Farewell, then, and may yoa be fav
ored by wind and weather. Cornelia
rqake your adieux to Capt. Hale, but do not stand in the draft of that win
dow."
"Good-by, Miss Seton," said a steady
voice m her ear, and in a minute he
was gone. Capacity for Sleep,
Public men, subject to severe mental strain by exhausting duties, learn to sleep 'anywhere and at any time.
Napoleon once slept for an hour in the middle of a battle, with the roar ol
artillery about him. Brougham slept
for twenty-four hours at the close of an
exciting week in the court-room.
A story told of William Pitt, when
Prime Minister of England, exhibits
this facility:
A mutiny had broken out on a ship
of war, and the mutineers had impris
oned Admiral Colpoice, and threatened
him with death unless their greivanoea were redressed. It was feared that the
example would become contagious, and
the mutmy become general.
Several members of the Cabinet, led
by Lord Windham, went in dismay to
mtt's nonse for counsel. He was
asleep, but they forced their way to his
cnamper and roused him.
The great statesman sat up in bed,
heard their exciting story, and wrote
calmly:
if Admiral (Jolpoice is not given up.
fire upon the shin from the battnrina
until she is destroyed."
lie then lay down on bis pillow, and
wasvnoring before his colleagues had left the room. They could not under
stand how sleep was possible in such an
emergency.
A Creeping Horror. Several young people bright, imag
inative sat one evening until late talking oyer the subject of supernatural experience, and at the close all retired, more or less in a state of excitement. One of the young ladies, a brave but
nervous girl, was somewhat startled
by the thought that she heard, an hour or so after she had retired, a groan in
the hall by her chamber door. Soon she heard it again, and then the door she fancied she hod looked -slowly opened and a white shape entered the moonlit room; a groveling, moaning shape that slowly crept along to her bed. A cold hand seized her wrist and
clutched her arms, and an inarticulate voice strove to speak. Then she saw with horror a deep mark on the throat
that she grasped. It was warm! It
was moist! But her fingers had lost their power to relax, and she held the
shuddering shape until her screams
brought her friends. There, with her
fingers still gripping his bloody throat, was her own cousin! Worked upon by the exciting conversation of the evening, he had gone to his room and out his throat Bepenting too late, he had entered the next room for aid; too weak to walk, he had crawled to her side, and she had choked him to death! Boston Traveller.
Fer Going to Church. A philanthropic citizen stonruv! Via.
fore the rock pile and asked one of the chain gang why he was engaged in city improvements.
"For going to church, sir." "For going to church?" "Yes, sir "But, my good man, that's no
crime.'
"I cant help it; that's what I'm here
for.".
"If that's the cause Pll see if I cant
get yoa out"
"PHI
be much obliged if you do."
The philanthropic gentleman went
to the Recorder and there found that the culprit had stolen a Bible from a
church and sold it. Carl PreUel'a
Weekly.
Free Trade vs. Protection. "Father," said a young Austin swell.
witii sporting proclivities, "explain to me something about protection. What is the duty on sugar?"
X don't know anything about the
duty on sugar, but I can tell you something about the duty on tobacco. It is my duty to seize all the cigars I can get
hold of," and, reaching over toward his
son's vest-jKicket, he suntouod a handful of Havana.
"So that's the duty on tobacco, is it?"
said the young man. "Well, I may be somewhat muddled on political economy, bat that looks a good deal like free
trade." Texan Sittings.
Thb only gratification a covetous
man gives his neighbors is to let them see that he himself is as little better for what he has as they are.
HUMOR.
LFrom the BnrUngton Hawkeye.
A Pullman car porter was found
dead in the smoking-room of his car.
The investigation by the Coroner's jury
revealed the fact that the President of
the road had mven the man a quarter.
and the astonished man had died of the
shook.
Tub mosquitoes at Cape May carry tourniquets and syptics with them, in
order to check the flow of blood from the patient after the nocturnal repast is over. This has saved the lives of many
guests and the popularity of Cape May
is just Dooming in ouusequvuee.
"MalyinV wants to know how Mr,
Peabodv. the philanthropist, pro
nonncedbis name. Well, "Malvina,"
here in America he was called Peabody,
with the accent on every syllable,
broad and plain, but in England they averaged things by simply calling him
"PVdy."
The Spanish have a proverb, "The man who stumbles twice on the same stone is a fool." There may bo something very profound in that, but we fail to see it We can't see why one crood stone, that will outlast a dozen
lifetimes, isn't just as good for a man to
do au his stumbling over, as a great ex
pensive collection of miscellaneous stones, so widely scattered that a lost
oar agent couldn't keep track of half of
them. The Spaniards are a well-mean
ing people, but you can't expect very
with a "J." (From theWUllamaport Grit! . A last resort A summer resort
When a man loses his mind, does he
mind his loss?
Judge to youth: "What is the nature
of an oath? "It is human."
These is a man in Williamsport so miserly that he won't ride to his own
funeral. The attempt of many people to upon words is as abominal as is
playing upon pianos. "Be sure yoa are right, then ahead," is a very good motto, but ' sure she is rich, then go ahead,' better.
Some Western speculators got up a corner in hay which lasted for severa
weeks, but it was finally broken. We suppose it was a case where the bulls and bears both lived in clover for a
season. IFrom Carl Pretzel's YTeeklrJ The lost thing in life The "e." Lajd poor The average emigrant
Men who love a quiet pursuit should
embark in the still business.
The milkman sells sweet-milk, but,
when we buy it, it's our milk.
Am attorney without business should
be arrested, for then he is lawless.
Tbavelehs won't pay a cowardly
conductor of a railroad train, for none
but the brave deserve the fare.
A young lady dressmaker can never
give satisfaction. Her garments will
always be miss-fits.
Pbistkbs would be extremely happy if editors would get all their copy
righted before it folia into their hands.
David Davis says he don't object to newspaper paragraphers joking about the size of his pants, but when they say his trousers are big enough for
Barnum's "Jumbo" and a hippopotamus
to play "Peek-a-boo" or "Hide and
PUBLIC LANDS,
Seek" in, thinks it
the racket.
is time to "cheese
Housekeeping Schools.
There are two interesting "house
keeping schools" in the kingdom of
Wurtemburg, which have something of the character of a secondary school or college, no girl being admitted to them till she has passed through the ordinary schools. The general aim of the course of lectures and of the practical
work at these institutions is the culti
vation of "cleanliness, order, punctuality and efficiency in house-work and form-work. " All the work of the house
ri done by the pupils during the day hours. The evening is devoted to lectures on various subjects, singing and drawing. In both institutions the programme is divided into three branches of instructions, housekeeping, woman's work and continuation of the teachings acquired in the primary school. The first of these branches includes cook
ing bread-making, washing, ironing, clothes-making, gardening, the man
agement of all articles of ordinary food, such as milk, fruit meat, etc. Under the second branch are found the
use of the sewing-machine, embroidery and even cobbling, with instruction in the manufacture and character of the
various stuffs and materials, such as
wool, silk, cotton and lace. The third division embraces mental arithmetic ("head reckoning." as the Germans call
it), dictation, bookkeeping, singing and
lessons on Health. There are two terms in each year, occupying between five
and six months, during which the com
plete course of instruction is carried through from beginning to end. The
expense is very sbght From 80 pfen
nigs to 1 mark (18 to 25 cents) is
charged for daily board and lodrinar.
J At. r . I -
ami uib iee ior ma Annra man nt in.
Btructaon is only 26 marks term. The
success wis oeen so marked that a
multiplication of similar institutions is
certain.
A Race of Sailors.
Talking of ships, it is wonderful to
see how toe heredity proclivity to get
iow a Doas ana sou somewhere is developed among the Norwegian youth and at what an early age. You see parties of small boys in boats that are miniature reproductions of the old
Viking ship, rowing and aailintr about
and managing oars and sails like veteran tars. A little fellow, apparently 9 or 10 years old, will sit in the stern-sheets and handle his tiller and order about his crew, consisting of three or four urchins of the same see. or a
year or two younger than himself, with all the sang-froid and self-possession of an old pilot Sometimes they oome to grief nnd get drowned, though it is wonderfully seldom, considering the number of almost infantile sailors, that accidents occur. At for attempting to keep them away from the Water, I am sure a timid mother would have as hopeless a task in trying to keep her offspring of the male sex on dry land as an old hen to worn her brood of duck chicks from a neighboring pond. Seeing the juvenile population all paddling about one ceases to wonder that little Norway should boast a commercial navy of sailing-ships second only to that of Great Britain. Cor, San Francisco Chronicle. It 'is hard to act a part long, for, where truth is not at tbe bottom, nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or another. Tillotson. ;
Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office.
the
Qen. Sherman's Final Report The Indian Question Discussed Strength of the Army.
The Commissioner of the General Land Office, the Bon. N. 0. McFarland, in his annual report, states that the disposals of public laudc during- the year embraced 10,330, 769 iicres, and Indian lands 890,335 uorea, ah Increase over 1883 of about 5,000,000 aorco, and over 1881 of about 8,000,000 acres. The receipts from all sources in connection with lisposals of public land were $11,088,479, and from sales of Indian lands S6S&.40I, a total of Jll,7U,8S3. Public lands were disposed of as follows: Aores PnbUojalcs 373.0ft PtlvatTftitrieg .' 3.179.9SS Pre-emption entries 2,286,710 Mineral entries 31.SM Homestead entries 8,17l,M4 Timbcr-cnUi're entries 8,110,330 Entries with military bounty land warrants 45,414 Entries with land-olaim scrip. : lv.SOs Total number of entries and fllingv posted during the year 91,885, mfgTOfratlng- 30,000,000 acres. The increase in number of claims recorded in 1883 was 55,5 18 over tho year 1883. The Commissioner states that he is satisfied the pre-emption filings are made or procured to be made to a great extent for speculative purposes. He renews the recommendation that the Pre-emption law be repealed. The report recommends tho amendment of the Homestead laws, requiring- a period of not less than six months after the settlement of a claim has been placed on record before final proof shall be admitted, irrespective of the alleged time of residence prior to the entry. The report further recommends the total repeal of the Timber Culture law on account of Its Inherent defects. The construction of 1,210 miles of land-grant railroad was reported during- tho yew, mnkinga total of 17,449 miles of road reported as constructed under all grants to Juno 30, 1883. The Commissioner asks that his salary be fixed at S3, 000 and for a moderate increase of tbe salaries of the principal o facers and clerks of his department. The character and responsibility of the office, together with the fact that its business has increased 83 per cent since 1881, appears to the Commissioner to justify this request. FOnEtOK HAILS. Tho Postmaster General has received tbe annual report of Judge liiaokfan. Superintendent of Foreign Mails. Tbe total weight of mails dispatched to countries In the Postal union, with the exception of Canada, was 8,583,990 pounds, an inorca'e of 339,114 pounds over tho weight last year. Of the letter mail dispatched, 41 per cent, was sent to Great Britain and Ireland, S3 to Germany, 37 to other countries of Europe, and per cent, to Postal union countries and colonics outside of Europe. The amount of letter mail dispatched last year increased 77 per cent, over tho amount sent in 1880. The printed matter incroascd 74 per cent. In the same time. The sum paid for sea transportation of mails was $318,533, an increase over the cost of 1883 of $36,358, or 58 per cent, over 1880. Tbe estimated amount of postage collected in tbe United states on foreign mail matter was $3,078,913. OEK. SHKRMAK'S FIKAtj REPORT. The last annual report of Gen. Sherman is In the hands of the Secretary of War. The army consists of 3,148 officers and 23,335 men the figures being almost identical with those of last year. Gen. Sherman considers Crook's Apache campaign a success. Military education Is treated at some length, and the opinion expressed that the Military academy at West Point and the schools at Fortress Monroe and Leavenworth are among the best in the world. The Indians are regarded as substantially eliminated from the problem of the army. The railroad which used to follow in the rear, and now goes forward with the picket-line iu the great battle of oivilization with barbarism, has had a great influence. The recent completion of the last of four great transcontinental lines of railway has settled forever tho Indian question, the army question, and many others which have hitherto troubled the country. The recommendation of last year is renewed that the strongest posts be enlarged and tbe minor places abandoned. "The soldier," says Gen. Sherman, "must be treated as a fellow-man. Let him live in comfort, and he will respond to tho call of duty, even to death. When the soldier is employed as a carpenter, raochanio or laborer, it is only fair that he should be paid for such labor." The opinion is expressed that it will be found wise to provide a common organization for all such arms of the service, and that Congress should provide for. the transfer of regiments from remote to home sections after a fair period of service. In this connection particular attention is called to tbe case of tho Twenty-first infantry, which has been on tho Pacific coast for fourteen years. GEN. DItCM'S UEPORT. Adjt. Gen. Drum has submitted his annual report. He says the State militia has
steadily improved in discipline, soldierly bearing and knowledge. Ho recommends tho
retirement on lull pay or men wno nave
faithfully served thirty-five years. It is suggested that increased pay for re-enlisting be made to depend on immediate re-enlistment
in the samo regiment, ana tnat tne man re-
enllstimr be granted a furlough of one, two.
of three months, according to the number of
terms he has already served. A bi-monthly settlement of the clothing accounts is recommended, and a statement made in this con
nection that the Government lost $10,000 last
year In clothing overdrawn oy deserters. Notwithstanding- great efforts to fill the army
to the authorized strength, It still lacks 8,149
men of the full quota.
THE GREAT WEST.
HEBE AMD THERE.
MABOins is bald-headed and has gray whis
kers.
Ibvtko, the actor, is a continual cigarette
smoker.
Matthew Arsold does not like American
newspapers.
Thomas Nabt is talking about starting on
Illustrated weekly.
Nkit year's crop of Mormon immigrants is
estimated at 78,000.
A rainbow was seen at night, recently, in
orange, Tex., white too moon was out of
sight.
Mat Fornet, daughter of the late J. W.
Forney, writes fashion articles for Philadel
phia papers.
Good butter retails in Tuscon. Arizona, at
$4.35 a pound, while oggs are in demand at 85
cents per dozen.
Ox tho person of a thiof recently cantured
in Hartford, Ot., .was found a draft for
$1,038.55, dated June 34, 1844.
An Arkansas editor announces that ho is
compelled to retire from his paper on account
or being so afflicted with the gout.
"Gams hash" is one of tho dishes served at
the YcllowBtono Park hotel, but visitors are
said to bo somewhat suspicious of it.
Thb authorities of Grand Ilanids. Mich..
have given orders to the undertakers to take
funeral processions through tho baok streets.
Loao Coleridge sneaks of Nathaniel Haw.
thorne as "our greatest writer, tbe master of
an exquisite and an absolutely perfect style."
A MAN in Burlirurton. Vt.. shows a ourinua
freak of nature in tho Shane of throe fullv-
developed cabbages growing from a single
root.
It is said that a brother of Gen. It. E. Lee
years ago killed the grandfather of the Ford boys, who subsequently suppressed the James
gang.
Thb gravo caved in at a Hartford. (Ct..
funeral, the other day, just as the coffin was to be lowered, and one of the bearers wen with it
Ex-Senator Gwin, although 73 years oldi
is as erect and sturdy as an oak. Gen. Jank-
son appointed him United States Marshal for Mississippi fifty years ago.
At Montaomory. Ala.. Mr. Beecher told hla
audience that if he had been living in the South at the outbreak of the war, he would undoubtedly hare been a Confederate.
The newspapers ot Duluth minted col
umns of puffery of one Anna Eva Fay. an
actress. She finally appeared. The nextday they bad one line saying "Anna Eva Fay is a fraud."
"Mn. ConkUno," said ex-Senator Gwin.
the veteran Buchanan Bemoerat. the other
day, ' has felt more than any other promi
nent man tne noeu or monoy. roverty, be recently told me, bod been the great bans
iu us me.
Accurate Reflex of the Present Economic Condition of This Region.
A Picture of Agricultural losperity Unequaled Elsewhere in the World.
in
From the Chicago Tribune.! Noting the anxiety with which financial signs and portents have been considered by the people everywhere, of late, the Tribune has called upon its correspondents to furnish simultaneously a candid statement of the condition of trade and manufactures in their several localities- The reporters whose re-' plies are here collated are in nearly all eatso" centrally situated in their counties, whore the people coming to court and to pay their taxes have given their opinions as to the
good or bad aspects of the times. Three things become at once apparent casual scanuing of the dispatches:
1. Two or three of the great crops have proven disappointing. 3, An enormous amount of money lias been sent out West, which accounts for the wonderful development of Dakota and that region. 3. Tbe great farming class within the wide compass of this inquiry is wealthy beyond
common Deuel.
Just now the farmers bave been touched by fears of need In consequence of abort crops in fields here and there, and have restricted communications with the distributors, and
mado close times for the non-producers. Bat,
even with tho thrift and caution of the farm-
rf?t WO 809 the manufactories in full blast, and the reader will nrobably be astonished
with the array and the diversity of industries which he may havo believed flourished only at the intersection ot scores of trunk lines. One of the States, Wisconsin, it would
seem, has never seen frasher times than new.
The complaints are loudest in Iowa and Miuh-iaran.
For the convenience of the reader, pains have been taken to tabulate the answers
which aocomnanicd these general reports.
By this means it Is toon that two-thirds of
tbe farmers will not sen at tne present prices, which alone leaves a large amount of actual
wealth In their hands. With all this foodtreasure, the tables will make plain that the farmers have little need of extra money. In two-thirds of the towns trade is good. So
mora than the usual trouble, on tho. average.
is realized in collecting, and the merchants
are in no sense overstocked with goods, me
manufactories are practically all running on full time at a good profit. Less than 10 per cent ot the whole population labor under
discouraging conditions, isignty per cent, oi the oorresnondents answer the concluding
question of the circular with tbe word "Hope
ful." The following circular was addressed to the
correspondents;
In order to tarnish us with Information as to
the condition of easiness in your vranrey, win you obtain tor us answers to the following
questions: , . im wmmiI. nrtaMi aatlafantorv to farmers?
What proportion of thalr products remains In their hands r rre fanners borrowing more than usual from banks to carry their stuff? Is money tighter or easier than at this time
last yearr Is mercantile trade geod? Arc the farmers paying
promptly? , . . ... . . kr tho utMmt overstocked with ooods?
Are the manufactories In your vicinity run
ning on lull time or nan timer Are they making a good profit?
Tbe replies are tabulated as closely as pos
sible below:
AOS PBgSXST J'RICXK SATTSrACTOKX TO FABKSBS? Yes. No. Illinois 15 33 Wisconsin 1 ls Indiana 13
Mlchlmn 9
Iowa 5 31
Total 30 101
what rxoroRTiosT or THKIK products belums TSt THKIB HAKD8?
Large. Av. Small.
THE REVENUES
their store bills
Illinois Wisconsin.. Indiana.... Michigan-. Iowa
..ti
3ft 18
IS
5 10 s 9
14
Total 73 47 .
111! YARMEBS BOHBOWTKU BfORB THAU fniUAI,
FROM TBS BASKS TO OABBX XUK1B. STVIT? Yes. No. Illinois M Wisconsin Indiana M tow.!r-"-:::::::::::::::u S Total 3 04
MONET TIGHTER OB EASIER THAN AT THIS
TUUE MMr Tight- Eas-
Blinois Wisconsin.... Indiana Michigan Iowa
er.
...! ...1 ...10 ...13 ...34
Total 94 IS UaCtXtOM TRADE GOOD? Yes.
nihtois 31 Wisconsin... 18
Indiana
Michigan is Iowa
ier.
.14 14
No.
Total .'.
ABB TBS FARMERS FAYING- Tl KB STOBB-BHXS
Yes.
Illinois 23 Wisconsin If Indiana Michigan 10 Iowa J
No.
Si U
14
IS
Total , 7J C8 ARB THE STOBBS OVERSTOCKED WITH OOODS ? Yea, No.
Illinois 9 4 2
Wisconsin 5 18 Indiana 4 13 Mlohuian 3 18
Iowa S5
Total 35 113 ABB THE llAXOTAOTUnKBS IN YOUR YICTJOTI BIIVKTKI1 OH FULL, TIMS OB HALF TTMB ?
Full. Half..
Illinois ss Wisconsin A., 24
.........
Indiana.
Michigan... Iowa
'10
16 ai
Total WO ABE TUBZ MARTtiO A GOOD PROFIT? Yes. Illinois U 'I 3 Wisconsin 17
Indiana 13 Michigan 18 Iowa- W Total 98 WHAT IS THE FEELING ABOUT THB FUTURE?
Dla-
Xione- unoerfuL tain. Illinois 89 18 Wisconsin 15 8 Indiana 9 3 Michigan. 17 3 Iowa 19
No,
I
our-
aged.
a
Synopsis of trie Annua Report of Commissioner Evans.
Further Legislation Bocoromended Eel-
atire to (tooestiorta Hade to ' the Vinegar Ken;
The
Prosecntion fof MeonsMnert tiewed Revenues of the Department.
Total...
.90
98
19
MEN, WOMEN AND OTHER TRIFLES. A Waheoa, (Minn.,) man married his sistcr'i daughter. John Bright says tho British House oi Lords must go. Sarah Bernhardt is an inmate of the Flomingsburg, (Kv.,) Jail. Four colored men in Borne, Ga.. are
studying for tho priesthood.
Wasiiinoton people prodiot that Gen.
Grant will soon settle permanently in thai city.
Thb worst thing that cad be said about
Henry Irving ls that he looks likeOscai Wilde.
The married Superintendent of a Pitts
burgh Sunday-school has eloped with his pot lo-yoar-old pupil.
A Oooohbia (8. C.) baby. S days old. wohrhs
a pound and a half aud wears the clothes of its sister's doll.
SosErn Foster and wife, of Cairn, v. v
bave celebrated tbeirdlawond Wedding. He Is 99 and she is 95,
Henry Ham, of North Carolina, haa in
vented a machine that will oaok ion
of bran in a fifteen-inch space.
At Macedonia, Ohio, Mr. Arnoii'sdaiia-litt-r
sat ou a stove, not knowing there was a fire In it. Her clothes caught and she was burned to death.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue concludes his long- report by stating that, although justified by precedent, ho could find no provision of law which authorized him to make recommendations. However, be nndi law enough to make soma important recommendations. One is that the statute fixing
the limitation for the prosecution of offenses against the te venue 'laws bo reduced from five to two years. This recommendation seems to rest upon the opinion that some court expenses would be saved if it should be adopted. Cases older than two years, he claims, are almost Invariably lost by the
Government
The Commissioner says he has been Urged to make a proclamation of general amnesty to a class of persons whom be callr. "small
distillers in Inaccessible mountaln,-rogons.
generally known, however, outside of official communication, as "Moonshiners." Another suggestion of the Commissioner is that the Internal .Revenue lawsdo not extend over the Indian Territory. This argument is
based on the treaties. To the suggestion that
extensive frauds might bo committed in that Territory, if some means should not be provided for enforcing the Revenue laws In it, Commissioner Evans suggests that such an argumenSis "only to be addressed to Congress rather than to the Judicial or Executive
branoh of the Government"
The Commissioner's estimate of the amount
of tbe result of taxation caused by the
change in the law will be 848,000,000, nut Be anticipates aua-mentcd receipts from distilled
spirits, so that the agregato receipts for the
year, unless there should bo a further caaoge In the Beveauo laws, will be $230,009,000.
He recommends that the law which author
izes vinegar distilleries be mortised. He says
this privilege ls one which presents to un
scrupulous persons a constant temptation
together with sufficient opportunity to en
gage in the illicit production of spirits, while Its abuse is exceedingly difficult to
prevent or actcct, owing wi want ot nronsr safeguards. -As the
law stands the anomaly Is presented ot one class of manufacturers, using alcohol in their business, who are allowed to make their own alcohol without supervision or control, while the distillers, who produce alcohol for use to allothor trades and kinds of manufacture, are watched with constant care and subject
ed to rigid restriction. "In my opinion.
says he, "safeguards to'the revenue which experience has demonstrated to be indispenslble In tho one case cannot bo omitted with safety In the other. I would urgently recommend that this privilege bo withdrawn. If the law should be so changed as to allow a drawback to vinegar-makers for tho tax paid on the alcohol used by them in making vinegar, the opportunities for fraud would be reduced to
tne minimum. By tbe consolidation of collection districts an annual saving to the Govornmentof $135,
000 is secured. During the first three month
of the current fiscal year revenues oecreafea $7,939,401. Uhfl number of stamps issued to Collectors and Agents was 1,033, 744,500, representing a value of $163,857,114. The increased production of manufactured tobacco and snuff was over 8,000,000 pounds. Increased production of cigars, 180,000,000, and of cigarets 98,00000. The reduction In revenue for tobacco caused by the act of 1881 Is at least $35,000,000. ' The amount of rebate claimed on tobacco, was $3,735,913; aniosni allowed, $3,534,187. The number of distilleries operated the last
year was 5,138, consuming 18,044,787 ousneu of grain. Tbe decrease of spirits produced wa-s about 33,000,000 gallons. The amount oi
spirits removed in bond for export was 5,33S,
437 gallons; transferred to manufacturing warehouses, 383,b8 gallons; withdrawn from warehouses, 83,391,100; allowed for leakage and evaporation, 3,391.013; remaining is
warehouses Juno 30. 1883. 80.440.993. Seven-
tenths of this is bourbon. There were in
warehouses Oct. 1. 1883, 73,405,381 gallons;
withdrawn for export the first three months of the present fiscal year, 753,380 gallons.
The distilled snirits In the united States, ex
cept what may be in customs bonded warehouses, tho 1st of October, 1883, .was nearly
118,000,000 gallons.
PENSIONS.
The Methods of Unprincipled Attorneys-
Judge Ferris, Second Auditor of the Treas
ury, in his annual report, exposes the methods by which tbe soldiers of the late war and tbe Government are being swindled by unprincipled attorneys and agents. He says
not one in ten applications for arrears of pay
and bounty possess any merit and not one in twenty of all these claims Is filed upofl
suggestion or by voluntary action of claim
ant The attorney seeks a client auu rep
resents to the uninformed, more generally
colored soldiers or thou- heirs, that they have not been paid all that is Justly due
them: that some new law cr new cotistruo
tkra of existing law entitles them to more
bounty or further pay. A small fee in advance is reaulred. generally $3 or $8, some
times moro; in fact all that can be got with
promise no more will be demanded unless the claim be allowed. The feu is paid, the application filed and In tho end rejected. The
attorney rarely looks after claims: it does
not pay. Ho has received ins tittle advance fee, and it pays bettor to hunt up more victims. Soldiers are swindled, and, after their claims nro rejected, frequently denounce the Government and its offi
cers, who simply administer toe taw as they find it Another class of worthless claims is constantly increasing.
namoly. claims for boun if s already paid, in
many of these easos denials of former payments arc mado undor oath, when tho records of this office, authenticared in the highest manner known to law and the courts, show conclusively payments wore made years ago. Perjury is sometimes Rddod to forgery, and tho lapse of time since tho war increases the chances of rucccss to tuo forgers and per
jurers. Should these records bo destroyed, and such a calamity is not beyond a possibility, the Government certainly would be defrauded out ot millions of money.
THE HINT.
Report of Director Bn-chard, In waton
Ho Itoprweatea Aforo Silver Coinage Tho annual report of tho Director of the
Mint shows the gold rcc-nved and operated
upon during tho year was $49,000,000; silver, nearly $39,000,000. The coinage for the yeat was value ! at 500,200,701; total gold coinage, $35,938,937; silver, $28,835,470, of which $38,111,119 was stand li d dollars. Tho profits on tho coinage of the silver dollars was $3,701,-
331; noi silver profits the last five years.
913,880,310. ruo sliver circulation, tne Director says, is lu excess of requirements, and " he expresses the bellel that oatinl colna-ro of both gold
and eilver by all nations ls desirable, and suggests Urn; Congress consider the question whether tho law dlro-ting tho monthly coinage of $.',030,000 in t-livor dollars should not bo modified or res oiled. Inn Director rec
ommends the coinage of the go'.d dollar and 3 cent- niokel ploie bo discontinued, the
rercal of tho act authorizing t -e coinage of tho trade dollar, and the latter coins be sent to tho mints and exchan; ed for other silver
dollars. The production of gold for the current calendar year will be $31,000,000, and silver, $19,000,000. Tho estimated circulation
of coin Oct 1, 1883, wits $4l,51J,9fl,000 gold, and $235,301,338 iu silver.
rsftsleSrBO
INPLLNA OTATE NEWS. Knox oounty wants an xpaaitiraa.
Lafayette has given
during the last year. DtraiNS the past two roars 1I8S G-. A. . posts have been trsnlsad la the State. .. A oorxmro debating society a Tfrrt Haute has decided that money does aoisiaks a man. Thb corner-stone of a court-house to oes $136,000 was lakl at Valparaiso, with trreat eeremony. A Gnu. 7 yean old In Clay oounty. ass tab. eye that is half blue and naif a iislii8w. the color betas well dmd tatswiasiA.
Bar. D. V. Btewabt, a
later of Rushvllie, has been fa
forty-seven years, and has offcaate -'at-.so weddings. '. ' Those masked men entered the fwaV house of William Fox, six asfle;' wof Indlanapoli. and carried away ansWsaljfcy. and articles they JxgfH ficd. ' The body of John Murphy was. tissue Wallace with three totutatotM fealggjb He had been murdered for his bssshw, swiBtsrV mg to several thousand dolkufv ff The corn crop of Oranteouwtyis aitee-nay the yield being only one half what tttJSMght Is. The grains sue soft, and fmSr i.mitM quantity wfll grade as meiuhantable; '" ';' Logansport baaa girl t rests otf-.vtho, ttfasaid, oaa read French, Gora.Lsn, smengusa. Her father. King f4taart,'la colored man, and unable tOxeadovwrJkBj An insane negro attempted so spfar-yis. Ephrlom Kelgwm, a srdritasulslts assmlsss; Jefftaaoiwiue, wtth a hose lmtcBrJkidf.
.was arrested, and will be put in the i
The ohain-gang at Terre Hants :
Work the other day unions the ohaiai I
to-thetr legs were taken oC Tho iitsonajrs were returned to jail and placed est a diet of bread and water. Frank WEdding, an lS-year-old sea of a pramnentman of Davieos county, aadia. dieted for tbe murder of Janses pntuT, six weeks ago, has been suutepced to' tatree years in tbe penitentiary, ' ' ' Chhrucs H. Wood, a yous tmslii isa sua of ShelbyviUe, white returning koaw on a train from IndianopoUs rooently, put Ideassi out of thewlndow to knock the sihes flroas bis cigar, when bis era was broken by passing freight train. There is an engineer on the Heir Alheny road who Isa musical genius, and has swsh ' control over his locomotive wUsttt'flMt he
can run the scale and play a
trains. He serenade his
night as he passes her house. An unknown man appeared attlm hobM ot Stephen Glover, at FaoU, and sWfsaarsdety fired through the window at him, as lw lwai a child on his knee. The badl passed ite ta tended victim, but Mrs. Glover wfll pOssrtihr die from the exoitetneot of the incident, , Gypsies are swarming on the streets of Richmond, and the young tacn, of the place who bave been injuuted at
squanderlng their hard-earned week's asUary
of $1 in trying to find out if
with a wealthy farmer for a 1
log away for them. . Ellsworth A. Hammond, of
wont to Lawrenceburg to- saeot Sri
laly he hod become acquaiatsd with . Ctanati. The "injured husband" tttusydow the arrangement through a zattliM.l&ilBSV met Hammond at the depot, aridaoBdnHMreS a deserved cowhidlng. . ' James Buttbbt, a farm tuuvl, aa4 s unknown accomplice beat James Craafotdi aa age farmer of Putnam county, aaoValstwltn, nearly to death, robbed the tows of fbsf dollars In money, and decamped. ;Te Oseiat and a posse of twenty snea are -after lbs robbers.
James D. Crawford, Irving- i
castle, harbored a stranger, supper, felled Crawford
Crawford conld have whipped bJs ,
bad not an accomplice appeared wttay a revolver. Both men then beat hnsbana aat jwlfe nearly to death,- ransacked the boas and left with their plunder. 1 : A lady only 13 years of ate, by ttonajae 'of Mrs. Mathers, who resides near Polish, Crawford county, came toto oomraMLaaf en worth, with a petition asking Jadgeaa sey to grant her a divorce on tto ssMsrts. that when she was married ssmtaid not sn
rived at the age of din
was granted. Sheisnowasastr5ow.
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES..
CnA.xr.V10 oounty, 111., has 50,000 bushels
of annles.
Birds are dying by thousands In Louisiana I mnow in bucb aompo wm ""
onaccoutor irckoi water.
The nrtests of Brittany have ordered the
Breton girls not to sell their hair.
A sheldrake, said to be tho prettiest bird
in Amorice, was recently killed near Pittsford, N. Y.
European Immigration to the Argentine
Republic is increasing. Last year the arrivals numbered 51,000.
A single pumpkin vino on the tvna at Dr,
W. M. Clark, six miles south of Nashville, bore gUty-nlne pumpkins.
: Tax ShelbyviUe aeosatioaal ease, of Mary A Talbert vs. Joseph Talbert Tor direro and $15,000 alimony, has been swelled, that tMatttf
papooiving a decree of divorce. Smojsbmmosi
Ot alimony waa dw wmiuwwi vj ipa vos that baring been settled etwm th fures
gfaeanselves as follows: lira. TaB receives; a deed to 340 aores of valuable land, SlaOtBt money and some personal property.
As attempt was made to aasssHsase.
Stephen Glover, a cttfana of Paon. Mirs. Glover aa w the wrotoh raise bis plaiulat tb
window, and, dUvirurigMapoivooe, feUejaaeo . Jkneea and begged him to stay bts band. Ibs-
snot was narmieea so sar. uartvr, Diawu mar die. aa she has been in alow oossdtssssi
Uyerelnoe from fright She is unableto give St doscrlpUon of the wonM-be aiwssiifu, . '
j AH election was held to Deltwarei
to determine wnetner tne wnw vs
goners shall purchase He toll Tpetannbi joe new Free Pike law. Tbe elsettea wsis hotly contested, the northern Kwtso of the 'countybelrbltterIy opposed to tto issssssm
The result-, as nearly as can now be dsl ss
mined, is 103 miavor or too puronase. xws
townshlDsare not certain, bntoannot ntsage. torefiui
patents nave neen nsuea to tne rowwise;
Indiana in von tots: David C Bangs em a, Albion, lighting and exttrorulsWaw (MjasbtS; JOhnR. r)eeda and W. Mask, Iter Hanto,
aWeartditfndowoleaneri baaoL. frank. gDfllswoUs, tile hearth of vestfbuk aVHtrt John H. Hamlet, IrMlaojtpoaa, saw tabs -
ingo.; iiewia ouu, cm wofiaof sssnozp Mer; Albert H. Kennedy, nsesnml, befcV larlug; David McNeery and J. A Braka, rincetori, railway gate; Jaanes Moore, Fast
Book, saw-mill dog.
Ah Slab, a Cblnaman of rare Mongolian-
attractions, living in Lafayette, has liss x palled from the Chin adorn of that tHarea as count Of fila loving asnwitiows to m white girl, whose mother, strange to say, fasSoad Af optoslng the match, encooragos tbe Qilisthit to call upon the girL The Cfctnsmrri are ta
dlgnaut over the idea that one of their raen should wtasJe with tbe "Metteai" ttoe t
such an extent, ana have made matters as warm for toe rJvlllswdJosm that it fe'lsMt.
fulif he can flnd room smougb to Laarette tollve. Twb work on the bridge at New Albany at booming. Tbe masonry on tha first, ttoanst ptorhalbeOT raised vwo feet tesrlpoa) aa4-
be pushed more rapidly than berstsbrsw Tb oofrer-dam around the swootst nfwns sinter is in place and masonry workwfAstiBiis wtth great energy on this pier, whl It s draw pier. TkoKKmmii0i'IIUVm Is being constructed and WiH bViiaidr
place in poslUoo this week, noise tk s
umumecctd rise in tne river, two or
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