Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1881 — Page 1

VOLUME XXV.

It is snowing in Kansas and the grasshoppers have quit work for the winter. Foreigners in China are clamoring to have Pekin, the capital opened to trade. Riddleberger will undoubtedly be the next United States Senator from Virginia. General, Grant is said to have made $500,000 out of his railroad enterprises this year. Senator Lamar will have no opposition for a re-election by the Mississippi legislature. The per capita gold circulation of the United States is second only to two other nations in the world. Walt Whitman I 'is said to be the most widely quoted in the newspapers of the day of all the American poets. By a recent ordinance bay windows are not allowed in Philadelphia houses. They are regarded as fire traps. Seth Low, the newly elected mayor of Brooklyn, New York, did not spend a solitary dollar for election expenses. The floods on the Mississippi are subsiding. The losses caused by high water is estimated to be $3,000,000. The German visitors relished New York beer, notwithstanding the glucose and other adulterations of which it is made. The greenback party threatens to sweep Philadelphia. It polled 275 votes all told in that city at the last election. The Chicago Evening Journal says Prof. Swing “lectures” every Sunday and Monday at the Central church of that city. The Cincinnati Commercial'sWashington correspondent says Hon. John C. New will be appointed as minister to Russia. Mr. Story, editor of the Chicago Times, is in poor health and shows unmistakably the ravages of disease and old age. Four hundred delegates to the tarift convention, to be held in New York the 29th of this month have already sent their names to the secretary. The New York Times, Harper's Weekly and Evening Post ail bolted the nomination of Astor for congress, who was defeated in Murton’s old district.

British capital to the amount of $100,000,000 represented by a syndicate, is said to be examining into the Hocking Valley coal fields with the view to invest. A theological student in a Baptist seminary in Mississippi wrote an essay on “The Efficacy of Baptism in a Water-proof Suit," for which the disrespectful fellow was turned out of school. THE PENSION HOLL. The report of the commissioner of pensions now before us is undoubtedly in all its bearings one of the most important documents ever put before the tax payers of this country, except perhaps the public debt statement at the close of the war. the causes that led to the passing of the arrears of pensions act and the desire of politicians in eangre-s not to be put in an invidious position before the public and the voters we have nothing to say. The arrears of pensions act was a most popular measure for its proposers and was put in force against the repeated and special warnings of the treasury department and the commissioner of pensions that the total sum required would not be under $300,000,000. The advocates of the arrears of pensions bill claimed on the floor of congress when it was being discussed that any such estimate was extravagant and foolish, and assured the public that the total amount required to satisfy all claims for arrears would not exceed $30,000,000 at the most, while the probabilities were it would fall below $25,000,000. The short experience of the practical workings of the bill shows that $120,000,000 are required for the arrears of pensions for this year alone, while in a few years more over $600,000,000 will be required every year. Although such figures are appalling, the report of the commissioner of pensions shows them to be entirely probable. It is shown by the commissioner’s tables of astounding figures that during the war of 1861-65, from first to last, there were 2,688,523 men on the army rolls of the United States. Up to 1874 119,589 had been entered in the class of invalids alone as entitled to pensions, receiving at the rate of $26,244,786 annually, but, including arrears, creating a gross expenditure of t 30,593,749. New names are constantly being added to the list, and each addition calls for arrears running back from sixteen to twenty years. When it is considered that the 278,021 men wjio served in the revolutionary army received before they all became extinct—without allowance for arrears, —546,082,175, there is little difficulty in perceiving that the survivors of the late war will cost the government billions. The commissioner shows that the sum required before the passage of the act was $29,000,000, while at present it is $49,723,967, and that the first payments made during the past year to persons just entered in the pension rolls amounted to $23,628,177, making the regular annual pension payments exclusive of the arrears allowed overs73,oJo,ooo. This, with the $10.1,000,001) of arrears that will have to be paid in the next twelve months, shows the present condition of the constantly swelling pension roll.

The Decatur Democrat.

THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU. THIRD DAY. The forming of the jury was proceeded with. It was finally completed and sworn. The prisoner prepared a letter for publication appealing to the American liar for aid in his defense. This Scoville objected to and the as sassin, in a very excited manner, stated that he had not as yet accepted services of counsel and until he did so he would defend himself. The court then adjourned to Thursday. FOURTH DAY. District-Attorney Corkhill opened the case for the prosecution with a speech, which had the effect of bringing the tears to many eyes. Secretary of State James G. Blaine was the flrift witness called. He gave a succinct account of the fatal aftair, from the time that he and the deceased left the White House on that morning, until the shot was fired. In the crossexamination, Scoville questioned him at some length as to the origin of the term “stalwart.” The question diet-

ing the reply that it had been invented by him (Blaine). Witness stated that prisoner had been a persistent caller at the State Department before the shooting. Probably twenty or twenty-five times. That prisoner had desired appointment either' as ponsul to Paris or minister to Austria. That he (Bliane) had given him no encouragement, but on the contrary had discouraged him. Mr. Blanie was followed by the minister of Venezuela, who gave a description of the scene at the time of the shooting. Mrs. Saralr B. White, matron at the depot, stated that Guiteau had been walking up and down in the depot previous to arrival of the presidential party. That prisoner was not more than three feet behind the president when the fatal shot wss fired. Said that prisoner, before the president arrived seemed to be looking very anxiously toward ladies’ room as though expecting some one. Robert A. Parke, ticket agent at depot, stated that he saw second shot fired by prisoner; had rushed from his office and seized him and held him until arrival of the officers. He stated that prisoner said that a letter to the General would explain everything. Several others were examined who testified as to the circumstances of the shooting. Guiteau during the entire day attempted to make remarks, until Judge Cox told him that he should have him removed if he did not keep quiet. FIFTH DAY. The crowd was larger, even, than on any previous day of the trial. At the opening of court Scoville requested that some measures be taken to prevent the demonstrations of the prisoner that had occurred on previous days. The court then informed Guiteau that unless he kept quiet, he should have him removed, and the trial would proceed without him. Ella M. Ridgely testified to hearing the conversation between - prisoner and the hackman, regarding his being taken to the cemetery. She also witnessed the shooting, and gave her evidence in a very clear and straightforward manner. She was closbly cross-questioned, but adhered strictly to her first statements. John R. Scott, a special officer, on duty at the depot, assisted to arrest prisoner. Prisoner said at time of arrest, “I will go to jail, but I want General Sherman to have this letter.” Idem titled the pistol produced as being the one taken from prisoner on his arrival at jail. After recess the prisoner stated to the court that Judge McGruder, of Maryland, had ottered to assist in his defense, and desired leave to send for him, to which the court assented. Mr. Scoville here stated that the defense in this case would be insanity, and that he gave notice at this point that the prosecution might have an opportunity to offer any testimony. S. A. Brown, chief clerk of state department, testified as to frequent visits of prisoner to state department, and that he (witness) had given orders for him not to be admitted. J. Stanley Brown, private secretary to the late president, identified a number of letters from Guiteau to the president, regarding his appointment as counsel to Paris. The letters were read by the district attorney. One of the letters denominates Mr. Blaine as a “very wicked man.” The letters, for the most part, imparted advice to Mr. Garfield, politically, and contained solicitations for the office of counsel at Paris. Adjourned until Saturday.

sixth Day. The court opened without incident. George’C. Maynard testified to loan ing prisoner $lO at one time and sls at another, it being object of prosecution to prove that prisoner borrowed the money to purchase revolver. General Swaim then briefly stated his association with President during his Illness. An impressive scene occurred during his testimony. When asked, J “what were the president’s last words?” “His last words,” replied the witness with much emotion, were “Oh! Swaim!” Dr. D. W. Bliss was called and narrated the whole history of the case. The immediate cause of the president's death he said was hemorrhage Witness ex plained the nature of the wound, using the upper part of a wired skeleton for the purpose of illustration. A sensation was produced when a section of back bone was brought from a pasteboard box and witness asked to identify it, which he did as a portion of the vertebrae of the late James A. Garfield, a long examination then took place,as to the pus cavity and the necessary mortality of the wound. He was closely cross questioned by both Scoville’ and Richardson as to the treatment, the record day by day and the probing and cleansing of the wound. The court then adjourned to Monday.

attempt to shoot the assassin. As the prisoner was being conveyed to the jail in a prison van, he was fired on by a man on horse back w’ho made his escape. He was mounted on a blooded horse and immediately after the shots were fired he started off on a run. Guiteau was alone in the van at the time and the ball grazed his

left wrist and than fell to the floor. The assassin is very uneasy and insists that the guards shall be doubled. He says that the failure to kill him is another evidence that the Lord is taking care of him. SEVENTH DAY. At the opening of court Robinson asked that he be discharged from further service in this case, and the request was granted. Drs. Woodward and Lamb were called, who testified to the character of the wound; that it was a mortal one. They identified the ball as the one taken from the president’s body. The prosecution here rested their case. Guiteau was allowed to speak in opening his defence. He sat while talking, and spoke about five minutes. His speech was wild and disconnected. Scoville then addressed the jury at considerable length, the substance of his remarks being the question as to whether the shot killed the president, and whether the prisoner was in a mental condition at the time to be held responsible for the act. He presented in aclear manner the points upon which the defense would rely upon, and without finishing his remarks he was granted until to-mor-row to conclude. The prisoner furnisheda number of persons with his autograph, his vanity not being a particle diminished. EIGHTH DAY. The prison van was escorted to the jail by six mounted policemen in addition to two officers who rode upon the van. None of the attorneys invited by Guiteau appeared, but it is understood that Trude of Chicago will be present later in the week. Scoville resumed his argument at 10 o’clock. He called the attention of the jury to the plea of insanity set up by the defense and discussed at great length the growth and changes of public opinion on the subject of mental derangement. To illustrate Guiteau’s freaks and as an indication of his insanity Scoville related his rambling attempt at one time to make a speech in a case where he had been assigned to defend the prisoner. This raised Guiteau’s ire and he pronounced it a lie, striking the table violently with his fist, and wildly gesticulating. From this time until the court adjourned, the prisoner was constantly interrupting Scoville, so much so that the court was compelled to order him to keep quiet. The scene during the afternoon is described as disgraceful in the extreme. The history of the assassin during his stay rt the Oneida community was reviewed and many of the prisoner’s letters read to the jury.

Eclipsing a Circus Cavalcade. When the “Indian Prince” receives the saddlery which has j ust been made for him by a provincial firm here he will.certainly be able to outshine all rivals. Seven saddles in all have been made, and each is of a different color to the others. The “Prince” himself—we trust he is not a Mahomedan—is to ride on pink hog-skin, embroidered in blue silk and with a gold border. This will have a very pretty effect, but the saddles of the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer are scarcely less attractive, the one being white and the other buff. The remaining quartette are quite as striking in brilliancy of hue, and the august Indian will therefore present a most rainbow-like appearance when, accompanied by hi* suite, he goes out for an amble, more especially as most of them will be sure to bestride white horses with pink noses and flowing tails dyed red half way up, Moreover, there will be gay parti-coloreed saddle-cloths and trappings on the gallant steeds. Here in England such a procession would look anything but esthetic; in India, on the contrary, the numerous discordant colors somehow become blepded together and harmonise well enough with the surroundings of Eastern life. The Taj, for instance, would lose its glorious beauty if transported to England, while we make little doubt that the Albert Memorial would greatly gain by being reerected at Agra or Delhi.

Red, White and Black. The Indian Territory, through which the railroad passes, is inhabited by the Chichasaws—next to Red river, next by the Creeks and next the Cherokees. They have been allotted so much land to each person if they will settle and occupy it. But they settle and build their wigwams down where their choice dictates, but generally off from the traveled roads leading through the country, where their squaws cultivate small patches of corn and potatoes, while the noble red man of the forest (some of the whites say red devils) is engaged in hunting and stock raising. One gentleman on the train told us that he had just made a contract with an Indian chief to send him to Chicago 700 beeves. The mercantile establishments in his nation are mostly carried on by white men who have married Indian girls. No other whites are allowed to remain in the nation except those in the employ of the railroads. Our colored sleeping-ear porter told us nearly all the Judges, lawyers and court officers in the nation were colored. Slandering Our Youth. 1 There was a noble youth who, on being urged to take wine at the table of a famous statesman in Washington, had the moral courage to refuse. He was a poor young man, just beginning the struggle of life. “Not take a glass of wine?” said the statesman in wonderment and surprise. “Not one single glass of wine echoed the statesman’s beautiful and fascinating wife. “No,” replied the heroic youth resolutely, gently repelling the proffered glass. What a picture of moral grandeur was that! A poor, friendless youth refusing wine at the table of a wealthy statesman, even though proffered by the fair hands of a beautiful lady. “No said the noble young man, his voice trembling a little and his cheek flushed; “I never drink wine, but (here be straightened himself up, and his words grew firmer) “but if yon have a little old rye whisky I don’t mind trying’ a snifter!” —(Exchange. Mlle Elise, the famous circus-rider of Paris, is credited with being a daughter of the Emperor of Austria. Her cireus dress is spangled with diamonds, and diamonds gleam from her hair as, standing with one foot upon her flying steed, she directs with her other toe the attention of her audience to the zenith.

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25,1881.

TELEGRAPHIC. Rome, November 22.—1 tis stated the next creation of cardinals will take place the week before Christmas, and will include the Archbishops of Algiers, Cologne, Sevilleand Vienna. The next creation will probably occur in March. The Patriarch of Venice and the Archbishops of Dublin and Naples are mentioned for elevation at that time. London, November 22. — Turkish officers and soldiers massacred a christain family at Luca, and carried off sixteen men, women and children and twenty pounds. London, November 22—A severe gale in England, Scotland and southeast of Ireland last evening unroofed houses and damaged shipping. Part of the Caledonian railway was washed away. Cincinnati, November 22.—The private car belonging to the president and vice president of the Louisville & Nashville railroad, while on the way to the shops for repairs to-day, was discovered on fire near Batavia Junction, Ohio. It was detached from the train and entirely consumed. No one was on board but a colored porter and the Book, and they escaped. The car was valued at SIO,OOO. Father Ulrich, pastor of ( St. Henry’s Catholic church,’ died at 8 o’clock tonight. New Yobe, November 21.—T. P. O'Connor, Eugene Sheehy and T. M. Healy, of Ireland, delegates to America, appeal to their countrymen to make the momentous Chicago convention, November 30, “worthy the magnificence of the occasion, the magnitude of the issues, and sacredness of the cause.” Ireland’s delegates in their manifesto say: “Lying accounts from Ireland seek to produce misleading impressions in America. Ireland is represented as lulled by the land act and a majority of the tenants are pictured as seeking the land courts. It is false, most false. The lull in Ireland is but preparation for a storm. Rents are just becoming due, and our information is that in a vast majority of eases rents will not be paid. The tenants of Ireland stand face to face with one of the most trying situations that ever tried the manhood and patriotism of a nation. On one side their terrors are appealed to by 40,000 soldiers, 12,000 armed police and the suspension of all constitutional liberties. On the other side the obedient puppets of Gladstone in the land courts make high bids to their cupidity by the apparently large reductions in rents. As yet unshaken by appeals to their fears, and superior to their appeals and to their selfishness, the Irish farmers obey no rent manifesto and remain true to their imprisoned leaders and their outraged homes.” Boston, November 22.—Fuller, one of the parties concerned in the recent swindle of Daniel B. Goodnow, in which the bark “Western Sea” figured, yesterday gave testimony implicating Goodnow in the scheme to burn the vessel and defraud the insurance companies. St. Paul, November 22. —Nothing has been heard from Durand, the scene of the Maxwell lynching, until to-day, when the following was received: The body of Ed. Maxwell was cut down after hanging about half an hour, and an inquest held. The following is the verdict rendered: “Came to bis death by falling from the court house steps and breaking his neck.” The body was taken in charge by the town authorities and given a decent burial. New York, November 21.— The Post’s Philadelphia special says: For several days there have been rumors floating about Third street, the origin of which might be traced to New York, to the effect that the trunk line war will be settled very soon. There was a story that a conference of officers had been held in Chicago and a committee on arbitration appointed which had agreed upon a report. The rumor this morning was that this committee would state their decision to-day, and everything would be amicably arranged. A Pennsylvania railroad official, in speaking of this matter, said the rumors were mere Wall street chatter taken up by the brokers. There has been no conference and no committee, and there is not the least probability of combined action on the part of the trunk lines. “In fact,” he said, “no settlement is required, for matters are not in such a bad shape after all. We are very Well satisfied with the present condition of things.” Chicago, November 22. —The sheriff of Kenosha, Wis., arrived here this morning for the purpose of taking back to that place Herbert M. Thier, the defaulter, who was captured yesterday. Thier went to Kenosha voluntarily this afternoon without waiting for a requisition. He says the amount of his fraud is considerably over-stated, and is not over $30,000. He is willing to take the medicine his disease calls for. Since the shadow of this thing fell upon him, he says he has been living in heli, and has not slept one hour out of twentyfour.

Cincinnati, November 22.—A Times-Slar special from Piqua, Ohio, says: At 5 o’clock this morning Henry Brakeread and Joe Blase were killed outright and Abe Hunt was seriously injured by a locomotive running down a hand car on which they were riding on the Dayton & Michigan road. They were section men and had been to Kirkwood clearing away the debris of the cars wrecked there last night. Vicksburg, November 22.—Richmond Price (colored) a deck-hand, was killed to-day by James Cunningham, the mate of the steamboat De Sinet. Cunningham was arrested. New York, November 22.—The convicted directors of the Mechanics’ and Laborers’ Savings bank, at Jersey City, are denied a new trial. They will be sentenced December 22. New York, November 22.—Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has been in this city nearly two months submitting to medical treatment at the hands of Dr. Lewis A. Sayre. A Times reporter says she has needed the means to secure the propel attention of nurses, and the $3,000 pension granted by congress is utterly inadequate to supply her wants in her present condition. Cyrus W. Field has been applied to to take an* interest in her case, and he announced yesterday he was actively exerting his influence to secure the passage of a bill through Congress to increase the amount of her pension to a figurewhich will render the remaining years of her life as comfortable as her sickly condition will permit. Dr. Sayre said to a Times reporter: If it were not mi her illness, which may very probabiy prove incurable even with the best and most constant attendance, I believe she would get along on the paltry $3,600 congress has thrown her and the

world would never have known from her lips that the widow of a man who died more for his country then any other man, was poor and in want. As it is she is absolutely driven to ask from somebody, and I believe congress is the proper place to apply. The widow of Abraham Lincoln should not want for proper care during her sickness. The country owes it to its honor as well as to the memory of the dead to provide liberally for her in this emergency. Springfield, 111., November 22.— The Sangamon river flood has reached its height, and the water is beginning to recede. It is usually 200 feet broad inside the high banks, but now snreads over the rich, fertile bottom lands, and in some parts is two miles wide. At Riverton, seven miles east of Springfield, there is a terrible scene of devastation. Field after field of corn lays covered with water, while occasionally an island protrudes above the dreary waste covered with stalks of corn. Stacks of corn were carried bodily down the swift flowing stream. In some places the wagon roads are covered with four feet of water. The cattle pens of the Riverton alcohol works are partially submerged, and 200 head of cattle, and 1,300 head of hogs have been turned into the lots. John Black’s paper mill has suspended work and is threatened with overflow. The Wabash railway bridge is well protected by strong stone piers. Edward Agee loses 2,000 bushels of corn, and many others lose smaller amounts, while many farmers report the loss of cattle, fences, etc. The state department of agriculture estimates the loss to the corn crop at $250,000. Detroit, November 22.—The trial of Mrs. Barnard, for the murder at Lapeer, about a year since, of the wife of Rev. E. Curtis, an old Baptist minister of this state, by pouring kerosene od over her and then setting fire to her clothing, began to-day at Charlotte, a change of venue having been obtained. Mrs. Curtis, before death, positively identified Mrs. Barnard as her assailant. The latter denies it as positively. There is a strong array of lawyers, and t e case is likely to become quite celebrated.

Cincinnati, November 22.—An unaccountable assault upon a servant girl, made early this morqing, was reported to the police this afternoon. Barbara Miller was seized while in the yard at 4 o’clock this morning by two masked men, who knocked her down, stuffed her mouth full of rags saturated with coal oil and covered her with boards. She succeeded after a while in freeing herself. The girl suspects two men in the neighborhood who have a grudge against her. Wheeling, November 22.—Ralph SLarrock, W. T. Zink, James B. Wherry and N. H. Vancleve, were indicted by the grand jury of the circuit court to-day for doing business as insurance agents without a certificate from the auditor of state These gentemen were agents for the so-called “Death Bed insurance companies,” located in Pennsylvania. Detroit, November 22.—Andrew M. Benham, of the firm of Elliott & Benham, Jackson City flouring mills, was terribly injured to-day. being caught in a belt, his head striking a fly-wheel and fracturing his skull. No hopes of his recovery are entertained.

A Prolific Mule. The Arabs have a proverb to the effect that “when the mule has young, men will become women and women men.” The mule does not, as a rule, reproduce its kind. In this hybrid between the horse and the ass, the power of reproduction is lost; at least, the instances are rare in which it is fertile. The London Live Stock Journal recently published the following in which the fertility of a mule is well authenticated; “One of the curiosities in the Paris Jardin d’Acclimation is a mule, named Catherine, which was purchased several years ago while on her way through Paris with a Barb stallion and a foal by this horse, to the exhibition at Vienna. When purchased by the Paris society she was again in foal to the same horse. Since she has been in Paris she has thrown two more foals (by a jackass) which are named Salem and Atham, and which may be seen every day drawing the small tramway cars from the Jardin d’Acclimatatiou to the gates of Paris. Her fifth and last produce is a fourmonths colt foal by the Barb sire referred to above, and has been named Kroumir. Within seventy-five miles of Prescott, in the vicinity of Fort McDowell, has been discovered a large mound 300 by 250 feet in size, with w’alls of stone two feet thick surrounding. Within, and down to the depth of ten feet, have been found stone implements of all discriptions ;..also utensils of a peculiar material, painted on the inside with Egyptian characters, ornaments of shell, needles of bone, and in fact, a perfect museum of relics of the stone age and of a race now extinct. There were also found tombs, three tier deep, and underneath cisterns of water. The walls are made of rock found six miles from the mound. Near the quarry are found paintings of beasts of burden, including of the camel, and a very large animal resembling the mastodon; also several unknown figures. The bones found in the tombs were partially destroyed by fire and the walls showed disturbance by upheavel.—[Arizona Democrat. Mr. Charles Darwin’s most recent book treats of the formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms. “We have seen.” he says, discussing their mental qualities, “that worms are timid. It may be doubted whether they suffer as much pain when injured as they seem to express by their contortions. Judging by their eagerness for certain kinds of food they must enjoy the pleasure of eating. Their sexual passion is strong enough to overcome for a time their dread of light. Thev perhaps have a trace of social feeling, for they are not disturbed by- crawling over each others bodies.” The intelligence of werms has been made the subject of long and profound study by Mr. Darwin. The great philosopher has occupied whole days and nights in observing mere worms which to uon-naturalists are regarded as supremely unimportant.

The forthcoming report of Commissioner Green B. Raum will recommend that the government return to the original owners of lands sold for taxes in the south the surplus proceeds above the amount of tax. It will also show the number of hogs and cattle fed from distillery slops, which is unusually large in ’lllinois. During General Raum’s commissionership $600,000,000 have; been collected, and not one dollar lost by defalcation.

EXPLORING THE SEA. The Equipment of the Ocean TreasureHunters in Search of Sunken W ealth. The trim schooner Mary D. Leach, owned by the fortune-hunter who set out three months ago to find the lost treasure of the Braak, has attracted the notice of Senor Don Francisco Barco, the Spanish minister at Washington. one of whose secretaries came to Philadelphia to inspect the vessel and the costly diving apparatus with which she is stored. It is understood that the errand of the Spanish minister was to secure the services of the American divers to bring up the wreck of eight Spanish men-of-war sunk in the Bay 7 of Biscay by the Dutch and English fleets in 1808. An English diving company was organized four years ago to search for the treasure of the Spanish Gallion, but failed on account of the depth of the water at the head of the bay. The American divers believe they have overcome the difficulty by the invention of a diving-bell capable of sil king to any depth, carrying requisite machinery for handling anything that shall be found, electric lights, telephone and other modern conveniences calculated to make the diver's lot a happy one. The crew of the strange craft are kept on duty all the while like the tars of a man-of-war, even while in port. The vessel at her moorings off the Shackamaxon street wharf presents a strange appearance with her tall, rakish masts, her sharp bow and black smoke stacks amidships. She was built for a whaler, but was afterward reconstructed by the divers, who put in an, engine powerful enough for a small steamship, and masts and spars tall enough for a yacht. The seamen on board knew nothing yesterday of the plans intended for them, but the vessel was being put in readiness for sea. Forty tons of coal were taken on for the engines by whicl the diving apparatus is operated. The weight of her boileis, diving bell, and other wrecking paraphernalia is about eighty tons, and as the vessel was built for one hundred and ten tons burden, she has now all that she can carry. While the vessels near her have been either discharging or taking caigo, the haiches of the small over-sparred schooner have never been taken off.

The old traditions which surround search foi $25,000,000 or $8),000.00i, in gold, which have lain at the bottom of the sea for nearly a century, are destroyed in a measure by the modern ingenuity with which the present Utopian search was to have been conducted, 2k diving-bell large enough for a man to live in for a week and furnished with half ihe luxuries of a ship’s cabin was invented by Superintendent Pike and is now stored away in the hold of the schooner. The diving-bell is eight feet in height and about twelve in circumference. Cylinder—haped at the base, with heavy metallic sides, the top widens into a globe, with glass windows or dead-eyes through which the explorer looks out from within. The interior is supplied with air by a one and onehalf inch hose, which may be lengthened to any extent. The air is fed by a steam-pump on the vessel, and, unlike ihe ordinary armor, the diver is enabled to breathe without effort at any depth under the sea. He moves about as freely between the brazen walls as an aeronaut is enabled to do in the car of a balloon, and his observat.on is almost as unrestrb ted at the latter’s, for the bottom of the sea is lit by an electric lamp attached to the diving-bell, having a power of 6,0t0 candles, the direction of which may be turned by reflectors so as to penetrate fifty yards of water. The diving-bell, the engineer said, had been worked satisfactorily in 35J feet of water. He showed the reporter the machinery by which it is raised from the hold of the vessel while the vessel after the diver has dropped in through a hole in the roof, and the lead cap had been screwed down over his head. “After that,” said he, “the air pump is set in operation and communication is had with the man on the inside by means of the telephone. The diving bell weighing more than a ton, is hoisted by four wire cables swung out from one of the yards and slowly dropped into the sea. DOWN IN THE SEA. “But the diving suit must be more managable in the water?” “l’he diver cannot go deeper than ten or fifteen fathoms in the water on account of the pressure of the water. Besides when there is any wash in the sea the diver is buffeted’ about like a log. In his suit his only means of communication with the boat is by means of a life line. In the divingbell he tAlks through the telephone and describes all that he sees. Our main engine is about eighty horse power and is used for hoisting. Then we have a cleaning engine, which is used in washing away deposits of sand or mud from the bones of shipwrecks. Salt water is pumped and foiceddown through an eight-inch hose. The pressure is 250 pounds to the inch and the nozzle at the end is less fhan an inch in diameter. You can estimate, if you care to, what force the steam has that is turned on the wreck. We carry two electric lights which are enclosed in glass and lowered into the sea after the diver. Most of our machinery was invented by Superintendent Pike, and I guess the schooner is better equipped than any in the world. You would hardly believe it, but if you were to sink that rowboat yonder’ in 100 feet of water in Delaware Bay our sweepers, traveling from cape to cape would find it in a few hours time.” Odell’s Eightieth Bear. Sunday night John Costello, of Hadley, Saratoga county, was awakened by a noise as of some one knocking at the door, whereupon he got up and opened the door, when he was confronted by a huge black bear who stood upright upon his hind legs and seemed inclined to give him a friendly hug. John closed the door, gave his only firearm, a small shotgun, to a lad and started out. The bear fled after the onslaught and hid in the hollow trunk of a tree. Costello secured the assistance of Freeman Odel) the veteran bear hunter of Sacandaga. The three, with Odell’s famous bear dog and unerring rifle, soon brought bruin where he could be seen by Odell, when one shot through the heart settled his career. He was found to weigh two hundred pounds. This makes eighty bears which Odell has killed since he resided in this town.—Troy Times. The southern negro acknowledges no master; and accordingly he has substituted the “boss” for the old time honored “massah ” This latter word he has discarded from his vocabulary.

INDIANA. Typhoid fever has been quite prevalent in Bunker Hill this fall, and the doctors are busy day and night. Ed. Harter, the owner of a lot in Wabash valued at S3O, had to spend $l9B for grading in front of his property. Mrs. William Rodermal, of Harrison township, Knox county, fell out of a wagon and sustained injmiea thought to be fatal. The supply of sewing at the government depot at Jeffersonville is nearly exhausted, and the sewing women are about out of employment. Some commotion wae created in Kokomo last week by Lin Trueblood, who was engaged to marry Miss McDowell, skipping out on the eve of his wedding. Indianapolis is having a time over the introduction of music into the church of that city. The Meridian street M. E. Church, has introduced the violin iuto their church. A young man named Robert Bowman, while trying to vault on a train of the I. C and St. L. Narrow Gauge, at Frankfort, missed his footing and fell under the wheels, elipping off on of his legs. Hannah Burford, a wealthy lady of Brown township, Putnam county, slipped and fell while carrying in ’a load of wood, from the effects of which she died later in the evening. She wa sixty-one years old. At the railroad election held at Mt. Vernon, in which the Evansville ami Terre Haute Railroad asi* the city of Mount Vernon for a donation of $54,000, the railroad company triumphed by a majority of 444. A most contemptible piece of robbery was perpetrated at Thorntown. The residence of Mr. J. C. Hines was broken into and money to the amount of $16.50 belonging to the Methodist Mite Society was taken. In the Vincennes City Council an ordinance has been passed granting to Messrs. Gray & Swill the right to erect water works in that city, they to lurnish 144 double hydrants for fire protection,at a cost to the city of $9,000.

There are three cases of small pox in South Bend, and eight persons are in the pest house, either convalescing or coming down with the disease. It is believed that the efforts made to prevent the spread of the disease will succeed. James Brown, of New Albany, aged sixteen, robbed his grandfather, Thomas O’Brien, of $350, and in company with another boy of his own age named John Burke, left town, going, it is thought, either to Cincinnati or Indianapolis. Typhoid fever is more or less prevalent at nearly al) points in Henry county. It. has almost assumed an epidemic form at Cadiz, six miles west of Newcastle, theie being about thir-ty-fiye cases in the town and several in the country surrounding. Several years ago a woman named Rebecca Dick applied tor admission to the Wabash county infirmary, she having neither friends nor means or support. Recently she died and a young man claiming to be hei stepson appeared and asked for documentary proof of her death. This was furnished. It has since transpired that he had insured the old woman’s life in an Ohio graveyard company, for SI,OOO ar d has doubtless already secured the money. Society circles are considerably agitated over the elopement of Miss Stella Boyd, the charming daughter of Mr. Leßoy Boyd, one of the wealthiest citizens of Knox county,’ with Peter Vatchiet, a common teamster. The young lady graduated from the high school last June, while attending school boarded at the residence of G. W. Cassel, grocer of Vincennes, for whom Peter was drivings delivery wagon. Constant association with.him ripened into love, and culminated in their marriage. Mrs. Sarah Mosley, aged 111, died last night in this city at.the residence of her son-in law, Owen Bare. There is but one person older than she in the United States. Mr. Nero Griswold aged 120,0 f McMinneville.Tenn., who beat a drum for Washington during the Revolution. She has seven children living, the oldest, Mrs. Kenfrowe. of New Albany, being aged 87. Until six years ago she was very active taking long walks, until she fell down and injured her thigh. About three years ago, her hair turned from white to blaek, its original color. The editors and publishers of the First district, in their convention held at Evansville last week, resolved, among other things, that each member ol the association immediately inform •he secretary of any attempt at imposition practiced upon them by “dead-beats,” in order that that officer may promptly warn all othei members; that they will not accept advertisements which are not cast upon a solid metal base: that they will not'publish any reading notices’ in the local, editorial or news columns; that all such advertisements shall be placed under an advertising head, and called “Special Notices;’’ that all death notices marriage notices, lists of wedding presents and re olution of condolence, exceeding leu lines in length, be charged for at the rate of ten cents per line, and that all notices of church festivals, temperance lecturers, etc., be charged for at the uaual rates. They’ also adopted a resolution to charge double rates for obituary poetry—for which they deserve the special thanks of the craft and of the public at large.

European Gossip. The gossips of Europe are new putting their heads together over the whispered announcement that the Princess Beatrice —the youngest of Queen Victoria's numerous and expensive flock —is to be married to Thomas, Duke of Genoa, and only brother of Queen Marguerite, of Italy. The stock of unmarried Kings and Princes being unusnlly low in Europe just now, the remaining daughter of the house of Guelph must per- r force put up with a less expensive ar- ■ tide in the way of a husband. When , the Princess Louise was paired with the Marquis of Lome the union created considerable comment among all classes of English society, a d was regarded as a decided come-down on the part of Louise. At that time the Princess Beatrice, who is said to he a very high-stepping young lady indeed, was reported, in speaking of her sister’s union, to have said that she “supposed mamma would marry her to a young man in Sewell & Cross,’ ” that firm being the leading dry-goods merchants of London. A duke is certainly a more fitting husband for a princess than a dry-goods clerk, but when it comes to state dinners he will be well toward the foot of the table and can contemplate his spouse

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I from a distance. In the case of Lord Lome, that young man has not been ’ well acquainted with his royal wife during the past year, Louise having declined to regard Canada as her residence, and that lady's opposition to that country is doubtless the reason of her husband’s present preparations for a *rip to Europe, where, it is understood, he will permanently reside. HOLSE AND HOME. Neuralgia in the face and head is sai 1 to be speedily curable by putting two drops of laudanum into the ears. A piece of zinc placed on the live coals in a hot stove will effectually clean out a stove-pipe, the vapors produced errrying off soot by chemical decomposition. A Good way to keep lemons fresh is to put them in a jar with water enough to cover them. They will keep fresh in this way several days without changing the water. Horse-radish will prevent pickles from moulding. Cut a piece in slices and throw them into a jar of sweet pickles just before setting it away and you will find them all right when you go in haste to get a dishful for the table. Rough and ready. Beat 3 eggs untill light, then add 1 pint of sweet milk; stir in 1% cups of flour, cup • ugar, flavor with nutmeg, and lastly stir in pound dried fruit (either apples or peaches) well stewed; serve with cold sauce. Lace and velvet tidies are made by sewing velvet ribbon and inserting together alternately, finishing them with a row of lace and inserting. Scarlet velvet and black lace look very rich, but I prefer black velvet and white lace.

Table cloths of black cashmere, with a broad border of pale blue velvet edged with broad gold braid at each edge, are very ornamental. Dregs of wine with black or cream-colored border, worked with black and California gold silk, is also handsome. For numpkin pie, take 1 quart pumpkin, stewed and pressed through a sieve; 2 quarts of milk, 2 cups of sugar, 7 eggs beaten until light, a teaspoon heaping full of butter, ginger and cinnamon to suit the taste; stir well together and bake with plain crust. To remove coffee or milk stains, cover the spot with glycerine, then wash with a clean rag dipped in lukewarm rain-water, until clean. It is afterward pressed on the wrong side with a moderately warm iron as long as it seems damp. The most delicate colors are unaffected by this treatment. To take the woody taste out of a wooden pail, fill the pail with boiling hot water; let remain till cold, then empty it and dissolve some soda in lukewarm water, adding a little lime to it, and wash the inside well with the solution. After that, scald with hot water aud rinse well. In many houses where house plants are, there is no pains taken to cover up the earth in the pots. It makes everything look nicer to cover the earth with moss from the woods,found on rotten logs. And it is not only nicer, but better, for the moss acts as a mulch, keeping the soil in the pots moist, and the plants do better. A new way of ornamenting table napkins is by drawing designs upon them in indelible ink. A clump of reeds with a stork, a mingling of flowers and vines, or a tiny comic figure may be placed in one corner with very good effect. Embroidery is more artistic but requires more time, and does not display any more inventiveness. Beautiful frost work cake.— Take cape jessamine, or any thick, smoothe leaf, turn up the underside, and give it a good coat of icing, then lay them on a dish in the sun until perfectly dry, then give them another coat, let them get thoroughly dry, when you can with care pull off each green leaf,and with these sugar leaves form beautiful wreaths of flowers.

A gentleman from Ceylon states that the custom there to make coffee was as follows: Put sufficient ground coffee into cold water over night; in the morning strain off; then heat. He adds his testimony that coffee made under this pl in is excellent in flavor, and those who are billions will not find the evil effect produced by the old method. For 100 lbs. of meat take 7 lbs. good clean salt; lbs brown sugar; 2oz. saltpeter; 1 oz. cayenne pepper; 2)i oz. cloves, and 2 oz. black pepper. Boil all the ingredients in sufficient water to cover the meat when closely packed in the cask. Skim and cool before pouring over the meat. The meat should be well rubbed in salt and packed closely in a cask two days before it is pickled. This extracts the blood, and the meat must lie taken out and washed before packing for final pickling. A very pretty and artistic arrangement for a winter greenery is to obtain from the roadside one of these peculiar excrescences which are found growing upon the stumps of decayed trees, resembling brown rosetes of several shades, and very curiously striped. One of these, placed in the center of a large shallow dish with earth around it, will be quite ornamental when covered with such things as ivp, lycopodium, trad°scantia, and the lovely blue lobelia. Especially will it flourish if a shade is placed over the whole. Common ivy may be quickly rooted and made to grow vigorously if planted in a box or dish of earth with a glass over it, looking green and refreshing all winter, a id in the spring it can be transplanted into the garden outside, where it will cling to the brick wall of your house and climb much faster in consequence of this early start under glass. Or the long spray’s sf ivy may be gathered, and the ends put into water, in bottles or deeep vases, and will there strike root as vigorously as if in soil.

imong the mummies found at Thebes recently, is one of a young woman which is asserted bv the discoverers to be the remains of the » identical princess who found Moses in the bulrushes and took him from his hiding place and raised him to become the greatest of the Hebrew chreniclers and law givers. The story, unless substantiated should be taken with a goodly number of saline accompanyments.' It is said, however, in defense of the claim, that the body is that of a lady of rare beauty and exquisite form, and so preserved that it appears as if only recently embalmed. It was also found among the d r ied up remains of what are supposed to be the Rameseses, Sesoetries and Pharohs of Egypt, and from ' its finding sepulture with them the ' body must at leant have been that of > a royal lady.