Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1878 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREION NEWS. The reduction of wages in England continues. The Russian mission has been withdrawn from the Afghan capital. The cable reports the failure of two hoavy iron firms—Zumbina & Co., of Cardiff, Wales, and L Hirsch & Co., of Stockholm, Sweden. The liabilities of the latter are placed at 2,000,000 crowns. The Turkish Government has ap pointed a commission to settle the Greek frontier question. Mr. Gladstone has intimated his intention of again entering public lifo. Ho will bo a candidate for the House of Commons in Midlothian, at the next cleetion. The Turkish steamer Byzantine, Imuiid from Marseilles for Constantinople, lately collided with another vessel and went to the bottom of the sea, carrying 50 souls. There is serious trouble in Russia between tlio Government and students, and many arrosts have been made. Bismarck’s project for a Government monopoly of tobacco lias been rejected by the commission appointed to investigate and report upon the matter. The rejection of the scheme by the Government committeo does not amount to a Parliamentary defeat, but Bismarck is so accustomed to having his own way that it is believed lie will not rest content with this initial overthrow of his project.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

East. For the first time since 1862, gold sold in Now York at par for greenbacks on the 17th of December. Mrs. Andersen, of England, has start-*, ed, in Now York, on a pedestrian feat, the like of which was never before attempted in America. Hhe has set out to walk 2,700 quarter miles in 2,700 quarter hours, or, in other words, to walk a quarter of a milo every fifteen minutos for four weeks. The ill-feeling existing between Judge Hilton, the manager of the A. T. Stewart estate, and the Jewish population of Now York, growing out of tlio refusal of Hilton to admit Joseph Seligman, tho banker, to tlio Grand Union Hotel, at Haratoga, has been revived. Hilton, with a view of conciliating tho Ilebrows, has lias donated #1,250 to the tliroo principal Jewish charities in New York, and they are considerably exercised over the mutter. Home are in favor of accepting the donation, inasmuch as it is made in behalf of Mrs. Stewart, who, they argue, should not bo held responsible for Hilton's ill-advised conduct. Others are strongly opposed to receiving any gift from that source, regarding it as a bid for tho renewal of the Jewish trade, tlio withdrawal of which has proved disastrous to tho .Stewart establishment. Jack Kehoe, a Mollie Maguire chief, was hanged at IVittsvillo, Pa., last week, for tho murder of Langdon, a coal superiivtendont, in 1*053. Kehoe protested his innocence to the last. An entire family, consisting of Patrick Itourko and five children, wore burned to death in their homo at Cohoes, N. Y., a few nights ago. The long trial of James A. Whalen’s suit against Gen. Hhoridan, which has occupied the sessions of the United States Circuit Court in New York city for some time, was ended last week. The jury remained out only an hour, returned with a verdict for the defendant, and were discharged. Whalen, it is understood, will appeal to the Supreme Court of tho United States, in ease motion for a now trial is denied, for he does not propose to give up Jiis fight for #410,278.57 while a ghost of a chance is loft to gain it. West. Another serious Indian outbreak is threatened in Oregon. Chicago elevators contain 5,128,022 bushels of wheat, 1,(5(58,940 bushels of corn, •109,081 bushels of oats, 11X5,850 bushels of rye, and 1,210,(58(5 bushels of barley, making a grand total of 8,(513,570 bushels, against 2,636,701 bushels at this period last year. Some excitement has been caused in Cincinnati by the failure of C. F. Adae&Co., one of tho oldest banking firms in tho city. The Governor of Washington Territory telegraphs to Secretary Schurz that there is bettor news from oast of tho mountains, and ho don’t think there will be any collision botween Moses’ band of Indians and the whites. South. Advices from Texas say that official intelligence has been rocoived at Austin from tho El Faso district that armed bands of desperadoes have arrived thoro from New Mexico, and that the Mexicans show signs of making trouble. The Judge of tho district fears that court cannot bo hold.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

No information can be obtained from tho Fatont Office as to Edison’s olectric-light patent. The profor that Mr Edison . .... uiaKo his invention r .,j,y c The Yellow Fever Committeo x, ns R pointed Messrs. Harris, Matthews and ConoAn a Hub-committee to visit Memphis during the holiday recess, and Messrs. Eustis, Lamar and Paddock, a sub-committoo to visit Now Orloans at tho same timo. Gen. Sherman is represented as favoring tho new Army bill. It is announced from Washington that the United States Treasurer expects to have on tho Ist of January, exclusive of all demands, $1535,000,000 of coin with which to rosumo spocio payments. Secretary Sherman sent to the Senate last week an answer to Senator Bock’s resolution calling upon him for information. The Secretary says that “ under existing law either gold coin or tho standard silver dollars may be used in the payment of interest on the public debt. Tlio law does not direct which shall be bo paid, but leavos this to tho discretion of the department, to bo exercised upon considerations of public policy.” There is no probability that the bill reported by the Army Commission to reorganize tho army will become a law at this session of Congress. Ex-Gov. Henry S. Foote has been confirmed by the Senate as Superintendent of the New Orleans Mint. A call for a fraction less than $11,000,000 worth of 0 per cent consols of 1865 has been issued by the Treasury Department This sum completes the redemption of bonds issued under the act of March 3,1865.

POLITICAL points.

A Washington correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean reports Gea Garfield as saying that “ a wave of popular enthusiasm was in motion which would not surprise him if it lifted Grant into the' Presidency in 1880. He thought the Grant movement was increasing daily and that ho was uppermost to-day in

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the minds of Republicans, who were thinking and talking about the next Presidential candidate.” A Washington correspondent states upon authority that “ Senator Conkling is not now, nor will he be, a candidate for the Presidential nomination in 1880. After mature deliberation he has taken himself completely out of the race. He will neither seek nor accept the nomination.”

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS A Boston fool, named Henry Burrill, will start, in a few days, to cross the Atlantic, double the Capo of Good Hope, and cross the Indian ocean to Australia, in a boat nineteen feet long and two and one-half feet deep. If Wade Hampton lives to take his seat in the United States Senate South Carolina will bo represented by two men with wooden legs. Senator Butler lost one of his legs in a cavalry charge at Brandy Station, S. C. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company and tho Union and Central Pacific railroads have entered into an agreement to pool their earnings for one year. Bayard Taylor, American Minister to Germany, died at Berlin on the 19th of December. His disease was dropsy. Mr. Taylor was bom in 1825, and was, consequently, 53 years of age. The deceased was a great favorite at tho German capital, although accredited only a short time. The Emperor William, tho Crown Prince, and Prince Bismarck greatly esteemed Mr. Taylor, whoso appointment as Minister to tho German Court was extremely welcome to them. Mrs. Taylor and her daughter devotedly nursed the deceased during his long illness, and their bereavomeut is indescribably sad.

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Monday, Dec. 16. Senate. Mr. Blaine called up his resolution directing an investigation into the recent elections in the South. A motion to table the resolution was rejected. Mr. Thurman’s amendment extending the investigation into the alleged forced assessments of administration office-holders for electioncampaign purposes, was adopted. Mr. Conltling announced that it would bo impossible for the Judiciary Committee to conduct the investigation, and it was provided in ttie resolution that the matter should bo placed in the hands of a committee of nine Senators. An amendment offered by Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, to conduct the investigations with open doors led to a protracted debate, and the resolution went over.... Mr. Beck offered a resolution commanding Secretary Sherman to appear in person before the Senate and state what reason he has, if any, for failing to inform the Senate how much silver coin has been received for customs duties, and how much has been applied to paying the interest on tho public debt. Mr. Morrill objected, and the resolution went over under the rule... .Several bills were introduced and referred. A motion to take up the Texas Pacific Bailroad bill was defeated by six majority. House.—The following bills were introduced: By Mr. Hobart (Ala.), a bill requiring United States Marshals to carry prisoners arrested by them to the nearest court; by Mr. Young (Tenn.), a bill for the relief of settlers on Hot Springs reservation, in Arkansas; also, bill to extend time for putting in claims for bounty, etc.; by Mr. Brentano (Ill.), a bill to amend the act for tlie coinage of the standard silver dollar; by Mr. Wood (N. Y.j, to make United States notes receivable for duties on imports; also, bill respecting protests on appeals from seizures by Collectors of Customs; by Mr. Cox (N. Y.) for the removal of political disabilities; by Mr. Phelps (N. J.), providing for the circulation of nationalbank notes of less than #5 after resumption, the same as before: by Mr. Lathrop (Ill.), to place the silver coinage of the United States upon the basis of its intrinsic value—it proposes to make the silver dollar of -112'e grains and minor coins relatively of like weight and fineness, provides for free coinage without limit, and makes all silver R>in legal tender for any amount, when not otherwise specified in tho contract; by Mr. Fort (Ill.), proposing a penalty of SI,OOO to be imposed upon any national-banking association for each offense in refusing to receive or pay out tlie standard silver dollars the same as other lawful money.... A resolution was introduced by Mr. Kelley (l’a.), directing Secretary Sherman to furnish a statement of the amount of Government gold deposited with the banks at the beginning of each month during Mr. Hayes’ administration. Tuesday, Dec. 17.—Senate.—-Tlie Blaine resolution came up, and Mr. Merrimon read a speech ill reply to Mr. Blaine. He was followed by Mr. Wallace, who vehemently opposed the resolution. Messrs. Whyte and Morgan also spoke in opposition, after which the resolution was put to a vote and adopted by yeas, 5(5; nays. (5. Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Eaton, Hill, McCreery, Morgan, Wallace and Whyte....Tlie Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was passed as amended by the Senate committee... .Tlie Senate insisted upon its amendments to the Military Academy Appropriation bill, and Messrs. Allison, Blaine and Davis (W. Va.) were appointed a committee of conference. House.—Tlio House devoted the entire day, in committee of the whole, to the consideration of the bill appropriating $450,000 to meet the deficiency, in the appropriation for tlio postal-mail service, and prohibiting any increase in the postal-ear service during the present year, which was finally passed, after aprotraoted discussion. Wednesday, Dec. 18.—Senate.—Mr. Faddock called up the hill recently reported from the Committee on Military Affairs to amend the possecomitatus clause of the Army Appropriation bill for the present fiscal year, so as to provide that it shall not be construed to apply to any part of the army or portion thereof engaged in the protection of life and property in the States and Territories subject to Indian insurrection. Amendments were agreed to so as to name the States of Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and tlie Territories subject to Indian insurrection, etc. Tlie bill then passed... .Tlie House joint resolution, appropriating $50,000 for the purpose of paying tho necessary expenses incurred by committees of tlie Senate and House in investigating into the cause and prevention of epidemic disease, was passed.... The House bill giving twenty condemned cannon to the Custer monument at West Point was passed... .The Pension Appropriation bill was passed without material amendment. House.—The following bills were introduced and referred: By Mr. Ryan— Giving jurisdiction to the District and Circuit Courts of Kansas over the Indian Territory; by Mr. Corlett—For the improvement of the Yellowstone National Park....Tlie bill appropriating $50,000 for the expenses of the Committee on YelCansular and Diplomatic Appropriation bills were non-concurred m!.. Mr. Boone introduced a joint resolution extending until the 18th of February the time within which the Joint Committee on the Transfer of the Indian Bureau may report. Passed. Thursday, Dec. 19.—Senate.—A communication was received from Davenport, the United States Supervisor of Elections at New York, suggesting amendments in the Naturalization laws. Referred... .Mr. Christiancy reported a substitute for the bill of Mr. Beck to repeal certain sectionsof theßevisedStatutes. The substitute provides for tho repeal of section 820, providing a testoatli for jurors... .Mr. McDonald introduced a bill to reimburse several States for interest on the war loan and for other purposes.' Referred... .The House bill appropriating $450,(500 for the transportation of mails by railroads was passed... .The Vico President announced as tho select commitee to inquire whether the constitutional rights of citizens were violated in the recent elections, in accordance with the resolution of Mr. Blaine, Messrs. Teller, Cameron (Wis.), Kirkwood, Hoar. McMillan, Bayard, Wallace, Bailey, and Garland Mr. Burnside addressed tlie Senate explanatory of the new bill for the reorganization of the army. House.—J. G. Young took the seat made vacant by the death of J. J. Leonard, of the Fifth Louisiana district.... Mr. Cabell asked leave to offer a resolution reciting the charges made against Alexander Rives, the Judge of tho United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, in regard to his action in issuing writs of habeas corpus for bringing before him two prisoners, now in custody under a charge of murder, and directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the facts connected with his action, and what action should be taken in relation thereto. Messrs. White and Hale objected... .The House went into committee of the Whole on tho Indian Appropriation bill, which was finally passed. Friday, Doc. 20.—Senate.—Mr. Beck’s bill to repeal section 820 of the Revised Statutes (the jurors’ test-oath clause) was passed... .After some other business of an unimportant nature the Senate adjourned to Jan. 7. House.—The House, after a short and uninteresting session, adjourned till the 7th of January.

Edwin Booth on the Modern Drama.

The Christian Union , of New York prints the following letter from Edwin Booth, sent in reply to a request from the editor for an article upon the drama: Dear Sir: On my arrival here I found your favor of the Ist lost., but havo been prevented from answering it until to-day. Having no lit-

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erary ability, whatever, I must decline your flattering invitation, nor do I know how to aid the worthy cause you advocate. Could Ido so, be assured it should be freely dona My knowledge of the modem drama is so very meager that I never permit my wife or daughter to witness a play without previously ascertaining its character. This is the method I pursue. I can suggest no other, unless it might be by means of a “ dramatic censor,” whose taste or judgment might, however, lie frequently at fault If the management of theaters could be denied to speculators and placed in the hands of actors who value their reputation and respect their calling, the stage would at least afford healthy recreation, if not, indeed, a wholesome stimulus to the exercise of noble sentiments. But, while tho theater is permitted to be a more shop for gain, open to overy huckster of immoral gimcracks, there is no other way to discriminate between the pure and base than through the experience or others. Yours truly.

INTER-STATE COMMERCE.

The Hill Paused by the House of Representatives. Tlie following is the text of the InterState Commerce bill which has passed the lower house of Congress: Section 1. That It shall lie unlawful for any person or persons, engaged alone or associated with others in the transportation of property by railroad from one State or Territory to or through one or more other States or Territories of tho United States, or to or from any foreign country, directly or indirectly to charge to or receive from any person or persons any greater or less rate or amount of freight, compensation or reward than js charged to or received from any other person or persons for like and contemporaneous service in the carrying, receiving, delivering, storing or handling of the same. And all persons, engaged as aforesaid, shall furnish, without discrimination, the same facilities for the carriage, receiving, delivery, storage and handling of all property of like character carried by him or them, and shall perform with equal expedition the same kind of services connected with tlie contemporaneous transportation thereof as aforesaid. No break, stoppage or interruption, nor any contract, agreement or understanding, shall be made to prevent tho carriage of any property from being and being treated as one continuous carriage, in the meaning of this act, from the place of shipment to tlie place of destination, unless such stoppage, interruption, contract or understanding was made for some practical and necessary sosc, without any intent to avoid or interrupt continuous carriago or to evade any of the provisions of thiß act. Bec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged in the transportation of property, as aforesaid, directly or indirectly to allow any rebate, drawback or other advantage, in any form, upon shipments made or services rendered, as aforesaid, by him or them. Sec. 3. That it shall lie unlawful for any person or persons engaged in tho carriage, receiving, storing or handling of property, as mentioned in the first section of tins act, to enter into any combination, contract, or agreement, by changes of schedule, carriage in different cars, breaking car-loads into less than carloads, or by any other means, witli intent to prevent the carriage of such property from being continuous from the place of shipment to the place of destination, whether carried on one or several railroads. And it shall ho unlawful for any person or persons carrying property, as aforesaid, to enter into any contract, agreement or combination, for the pooling of freights, or to pool the freights of different and competing railroads, by dividing between them tlie aggregate or not proceeds of the earnings of such railroads, or any portion of them. Bec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged in tlie transportation of property, as provided in tlie first section of this act, to charge or receive any greater compensation per car-load of similar property for carrying, receiving, storing, forwarding or handling the same for a shorter than for a longer distance in one continuous carriage.

The Electoral Count.

Senator Edmunds’ bill, providing for an amendment to tlie method by which the electoral vote has heretofore been counted provides for the election on the first Tuesday of October; that the constitutional disqualification as electors of those holding offices of trust and profit under the United States shall continue; that the electors cast their votes on the second Monday in January following their election; further, that every State must enact laws in advance for the determination of all disputes arising from the election; that the decision must be made before the time for the meeting of the electors; that the decision of the State is to be conclusive evidence, and to govern in the counting of the electoral votes by Congress; that there assemble a joint session of the houses of Congress on the second Monday of February following; that the President of the Senate preside thereat; that the vote be counted by tellers; that objection be made by members in writing; that each house, separately, is to consider such objections; that when there is a single return only from the State, no vote is to be rejected, except by an affirmative decision of both houses; that in case of double returns the decisions of the State tribunals are to be given; that in case of conflict between State tribunals, votes are to be received only by the consent of both houses; that if the State has made no decision, then also there must be a concurrent vote of the two houses. Such, in brief, are the provisions of this important bill. It has passed tlie Senate, and is now r pending in the House.

Cattle-Thieves Burned Alive.

There lias been recently considerable cattle-stealing going on among the cattle herds in Western Nebraska, and eattle men have been taking active steps to capture and punish the thieves. In consequence of these thefts two thieves were on Tuesday night literally burned at a staKe by a moo, tne tern die anair occuning in Custer county. The particulars are as follows i It seems that two men named Ketchum and Mitchell, of bad character generally, v r ere accused of stealing stock. About a week ago four herders went to the house of Mitchell, on the South Loup fork, w’ith tho intention of anesting him as well as Ketchum. A fight ensued, the parties keeping up a regular fusilade for some little time, and during the melee one of the herders named Stevens was instantly killed. Ketchum and Mitchell were anested by the Sheriff of Custer county, and placed in safe keeping. On Tuesday night, while the Sheriff, with a posse of men, was taking the prisoners to the county seat for trial, the party was overpowered by a mob of about twenty-five men, who were all masked and well-armed. They took the prisoners away from the officers, tied them to a tree and burned them to death. Tho affair created a good deal of excitement. It will probably have a salutary effect upon Western cattlethieves.— Omaha (Neb.) Telegram to Chicago Times.

A Piece of Pie.

A couple of little fellows were overheard, as they sat in the sand on the sunny side of the school-house, talking as follows: “Say, Tommy, did you notice mother shake her head at me when she passed the pie at dinner to-day?” “ Yes,” answered his companion. “ What did she do that for?” “She always does that when we have pie and company. She wanted me to refuse pie. I didn’t, though, this time; and when I go home to-night I’ll get this ear yanked out about an inch and a half, and then comes the goldarndest larrupin’ on my bare legs—and all for that stingy piece of pie J ” - r

An Exhaustive Scientific Document on the Subject of Trichinae—Tlie Danger from These Parasites, Ho tv to Detect Them, anti What Precautions Should Be Observed. [From the Chicago Tribune.] Commissioner De Wolf, of the City Health Department, some time ago sent a communication to H. F. Atwood, Vice President of the State Microscopical Society, and Dr. Belfield, Demonstrator of Physiology at Rush Medical College, concerning the existence of trichina; in pork, and received* he annexed interesting report: In compliance with your request we have made a series of careful examinations of pork with reference to trichinte, and have the honor to submit the following report: The samples have been brought to us each day. Specimens of pork have been procured from each of the packing and slaughtering establishments in the city and at the Stock Yards. In accordance with our instructions we took from each hog two pieces, one from the tenderloin (psoas muscle), the other from the ham. We have examined each evening samples from two and sometimes three animals; from the 100 hogs we examined 1,927 sections, or nearly twenty from each hog. Eight of the 100 hogs were infected, the ninth, twenty-fifth, fifty-third, fifty-fourth, sixty-third, seventy-sixth and ninetieth hogs containing trichina 1 . Some were badly infected, while in others comparatively few parasites were found. In all cases the hams were apparently free from trichinae, those we found being always contained in tho psoas muscle. In tho twenty-ninth hog we found the smallest number, there being not more than thirty-five to the cubic inch, while the specimen from the ninetieth hog contained, by a careful estimate, not less than 13,000 in the same bulk. In reply to yeur question as to whether trichinous hogs are generally out of health, we would say that nothing in our observation or study would prompt us to answer in the affirmative. It is the normal condition •an animal to harbor one or more varieti of parasites. Mr. Van Beueden states in his work on “ Animal Parasites and Messmates,” speaking of parasites-in general: “They are not more abundant in delicate individuals than in those who enjoy the most robust health. On the contrary, all wild animals harbor their parasitical worms, and tho greater part of them have not lived long in captivity before nematode and ccstode worms completely disappear: 1 ” Moreover, to satisfy ourselves and to demonstrate other facts, we commenced at an early stage in our work to feed trichinous pork to a white rat, then three weeks old. Ho received a liberal supply of this pabulum from every sample tnat wo found infected. Tlio animal grew rapidly, and always enjoyed the best of health, his excellent condition being a subject of remark by visitors at the laboratory. On Nov. 17 we killed tho animal, whose muscles were found to be literally alive with trichina;, from ten to thirteen appearing in ovory field. Every muscle was infected, from the tip of liis nose to the end of his tail. This, wo think, answers your question in tlie negative. You ask, “ Are there any practical means by which our meat inspectors can detect the parasite in a carcass of meat?” We would reply that the microscope is the only inf allible moans. To the unaided eye the infected meat presents no peculiar appearances, unless the parasites be present in excessive numbers. Tlie German Government has, for some years, made a microscopic examination of pork a necessary preliminary to its exposure for sale. Tlie parasite is not destroyed by thorough salting and smoking, as is shown by the fact that most of the cases of trichinosis in’the Western country are traceable to raw smoked hams. To ascertain whether or not an infected ham could be rendered harmless, we instituted a series of experiments in the physiological laboratory of Rush Medical College. As a result of these we found that in sulphurous acid wo have an agent which not only kills the worms, but readily permeates the entire liam, and is as readily expelled. Owing to the cheapness of this article, the addition of a sufficient quantity of it to the pickle would add but a tritie to the expense of curing. In view of the results of our investigations, several important questions suggest themselves. First, why is the percentage of infected liogs so much greater than it was eight years ago ? At that time a committee of tlio Chicago Academy of Sciences examined a largo number of liogs, and found but 2 per cent infected. We are unable, at present, to offer any satisfactory solution of tins question. Second, why is the percentage of infected liogs so much greater here than in Germany V Engolbreclit states that of 618,2536 hogs examined between October, 186(5, and April, 1873, but seventy were found to contain trichina;. These examinations were made by Government officials in the Duchy of Bruns-, wick. We are unable to explain the greater prevalence of tlie pasasite in America, hut are at present conducting experiments which wo hope may lead to a solution of this problem. The third and practically most important query is this: Since 8 per cent, of our hogs are trichinosis, why are cases of trichinosis so rare ? We would advance these propositions: First, that in most instances the meat is previously subjected to thorough cooking, whereby the worms are killed Second, that in consequence of the close resemblance of tho symptoms of trichinous to those induced by other causes, notably typhoid fever, is it not improbable that insome instances it has been mistaken for other complaints? Third, that the ingestion of a certain number of living trichina; is followed by no unpleasant effects. In proof of this we adduce the case of the white rat above described, whose carcass, weighing when dressed one ounce, contained not less than 100,000 worms. Moreover, in cases where an entire family has partaken of trichinous pork ; while some members have experienced serious, perhaps even fatal illness, others have escaped with little or no indisposition. So firm was our confidence in the harmlessness of a few trichinae that one of us (Dr. Belfield) ate, on Nov. 30, a portion of tho rat referred to, which was demonstrated under the microscope to contain twelve living trichina;. At this date no unusual symptoms have resulted from his Oriental diet. That the prevalence of trichinae in the human family is more extensive than is generally supposed, is proven by the researches of Turner, Wagner, Yirchow and others, as stated by Ziemssen. These observers found that from 2 to 3 per cent, of bodies in which there was no suspicion of the presence of tlie parasites contained trichinae. This, too, was in Europe, where the worm is of less frequent occurrence than in this country. Indeed, there seems to he no limit to the number of trichinae that a man may sustain with impunity; for in numerous instances the bodies or patients never suspected L" Cf o«4Vn»*/w1 #mnrv» 4nirtl\in/\oia IlflTO llppij found, post mortem, to contain enormous numbers of these worms. Doubtless in these cases tricliinsß were ingested at several different Eeriods only a comparatively small number aving been swallowed on any single occasion. In concluding our report, it may not be amiss to emphasize the necessity of thorough cooking of pork as a preparation for tlie table, since the parasite is killed at a temperature far below that of boiling water.

EDWIN BOOTH.

How He Cured a Smoky Chimney.

Yesterday as a citizen of Woodward avenue was helping a tinsmith to elevate a smokejack to the roof of an addition on the windy sid3 of thq house, preparatory to hoisting it atop of a smoky chimney, an old man with a ragged bundle under his arm came along, halted, and soon became deeply interested. “That chimbly smokes, don’t it? ” he finally inquired. “It’s the worst one in town,” replied the citizen. “And you wants to stop the nuisance, eh?” “Yes, I do.” “And you think that smoke-jack will doit?” “I hope so.” “Well, now, I kin stop that smoking in ten minits, and I won’t hurt the chimbly nor put up any smoke-jacks,” continued the old man, as he laid down his bundle. “If you’ll do it I’ll give you $5,” rejoined the citizen, who disliked the idea of disfiguring his chimney with the clumsy jack. “Kin I have the kitchen for five minutes? ” asked the man. “Yes.” The cook was instructed to vacate, and the old man took possession. Removing the top of the stove, he poured in enough water to put out every spark

“A Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

TRICHINOUS PORK.

H. F. ATWOOD, WM. T. BELFIELD,

of the fire. Then going out he called to the citizen on the roof: “ Has she stopped smoking? ” “ Well, I don’t see any smoke at all,” was the reply; “ what hare you done ? ” While he was coming down the ladder the old man made off, eating a pie he had taken from the oven. The last half of it he had to bolt down while on the run, but at no time in the race did the citizen, tinsmith or servant-girl get within twenty rods of him. — Detroit Free Press.

OBITUARY.

Bayard Taylor. Bayard Taylor, American Minister to Germany, died at Berlin, of dropsy, on the 19th of December, 1878. Mr. Taylor was born in Kennett Square, Chester county, Pa., Jan. 11, 1825, and in 1842 became an apprentice in a printing office in West Chester. He had had very slender educational advantages, but his desire to see the world early developed itself, and after two years’ work at the case he started on a trip through Europe. He was already an author, having in 1844 published “ Ximena; or, the Battle of the Sierra Morena, and Other Poems.” Some of these poems were originally published in the New York Mirror and Graham's Magazine. He spent two years traveling through Europe on foot, occasionally suspending his travels to replenish his exchequer by such jobs as he was able to secure. His tour cost him SSOO. On returning to America in 1846 he published the result of his observations in a book entitled “ Views Afoot; or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff.” This book may almost be said to have inaugurated a new era in the literature of travels. It was fresh, intelligent and free from the conventionalities of old-time travelers, and soon after it appeared the London Atheneum pronounced it “an earnest, sensible and manly book.” That it was popular is proved by the fact that the twentieth edition was published in 1856, and several editions have appeared since. For a year after his return young Taylor edited a paper in Plucnixville, Pa., and then went to New York and wrote for the Literary World, soon becoming a member of the editorial staff of the Tribune, in which paper several of his books of travel first appeared. In 1849 lie went to California, and returned by way of Mexico, the literary result of which was “ Eldorado; or, Adventures in the Path of Empire.” This appeared in 1850, in two volumes, and 10,000 copies of it were sold in America in twelve days. Within a few years after its appearance 30,000 copies had been sold in England, and tlie eighteenth American edition was published in 1862. In 1851 he started on a tour of more than-50,000 miles in three continents. He went first to the Levant and ascended to latitude twelve deg. and thirty minutes north, and then traveled extensively through Syria, Asia Minor and Europe. In the latter part or 1852 lie started from England, traveling across Asia to Calcutta, whence lie proceeded to China, where lie joined Commodore M. C. Perry’s expedition and went with it to Japan. Three books resulted from this tour. “A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscape from Egypt to the Negro Kingdoms of tho White Nile,” was published in 1854. “The Lands of the Saracen; or, Pictures of Palestine,Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain,” was published the same year, and “A Visit to India, China and Japan in the Year 1853 ” was published in 1855. All of these books achieved the highest praise from English as well as American critics. In 1862 Mr. Taylor accepted the appointment of Secretary of Legation to St. Petersburg, and in 1863 became Charge d'Affaires. On his return in 1864 he devoted himself to lecturing, and to various literary pursuits. A large part of his time he has spent in Germany, where he collected materials for a projected life of Goethe, and worked on his translation of “Faust.” He spent the summer of 1873 at Vienna. In 1874 he revisited Egypt, and then went to the millennial celebration in Iceland, where he was very cordially received. He delivered a poem at the centennial celebration of American independence, at Philadelphia, July 4, 1876. He then returned to his old place on the New York Tribune, where he remained until appointed Minister to Germany last summer.

Afghan Names.

As for some months to come matters to the north of India may be of interest, it is time that some attention be given to the proper pronunciation of that country through which the English soldiers are forcing their way. The name of that mountainous country has been quite familiarly spoken by many a lady when she threw over her head some fleecy woolen knitted cover, which she called an afgan. The first syllable might be all right, but the g-a-n ought not to be pronounced as the a in can, but with a broad a, as in gaun. Afghanistan should bo written with a circumflex accent over the second and last syllables, is being lightly sounded, and the ultimate tan being somewhat dwelt upon. All these names of countries should have their syllables sounded at length with a broad a, such as Beloochistan arid Hindoostan. Of late an entirely new spelling has been given to names of the cities by the best English authorities. The effort is no longer made to Anglicize Hindoostanee names, but to adapt English letters to the exact native pronunciation: Punjaub is an error, Punjab being correct. Nepaul is no longer seen in the books. Nipal being substituted for it. We have some names of Hindoostanee in use in the United States, and we call Delhi, very perversely, Del-high, when it should be Del-he.

M. D.

A Lady Lawyer's Overcoat.

It is a breach of etiquette for a member of the bar to address a court while wearing an overcoat. Recently Mrs. Lockwood, the female lawyer of Washington, having removed her hat, but not her circular, proceeded to read to Judge Humphreys the petition for a writ.af habeas corpus in the case of John Davis —colored —asking his discharge from jail. The Judge called: “ Mrs. Lockwood,” and the lady responded inquiringly, not knowing what was coming: “ Your Honor.” The court to one of the bailiffs: “ Mr. Marshall, assist Mrs. Lockwood to remove her overcoat.” The bailiff advanced, but the female lawyer had divested herself of the garment before he could take three steps, and then continued her reading.

THE STORY OF THE YULE LOG.

Y r ule-tide, as most readers of English literature know, refers to Christmas time. The word has many derivations, being derived variously by different authorities from the ancient British, Saxon, Danish and Norwegian languages. In the first of these languages, it refers to the sun, in the others to a word signifying a wheel, and having direct refrence to the fact that the sun, pot at his pausing point, turns upon his course to make the circuit of the heavens again. The observance of Christmas, as followed in all Christian countries now, has a direct reference to the commemorating of the birth of Christ. It is observable, however, that all pagan nations from a period of which no history i 3 written, have held festivities at the winter solstice. The ancients called the night of the shortest day in the year Mother Night, and from the day following dated the beginning of their year. These festivities were of course attended, by the common people, with many absurd customs. A large number of these were kept by the same class of persons when the Christian feast had been substituted for the heathen one. There is always a great deal of conservatism among a peasant or uneducated class, which clings with a tenacity born of superstition to the customs, of its ancestors. Among-the least absurd of these customs was the burning of the yule log, to which such frequent reference is made in literature. In olden times a holiday was always preceded by a fast or vigil. Doubtless, from this came the custom of building great fires on Christmas eve. Nothing could be more necessary iu the bleak northern countries whence the custom of the Yule log came, to make a vigil tolerable, than warmth and light, both of which the burning of a great log secured. The Scandinavians at this time in the year were accustomed, before their conversion to Christianity, to celebrate the festival of their great god, Thor, and in his fierce honor huge bonfires were made. The Yule log should, properly, have been an immense birch log, almost an entire tree. This was out down some months beforehand, and dragged homeward from its native forest with great rejoicing. It was then stripped of its bark, and left to dry until Yule even. It was taken into the house, rolled into the great open chimney and a fire built beneath it. Part of the charm and sacredness of this Christmas fire consisted in lighting it with a charred brand from the last year’s Yule log. This custom is still a part of the Christmas observation in the northern counties of England. Much has been written upon its origin. Blount, tlie Christian historian, finds a connection between it and the fact that Christmas w;is called the Feast of Lights in the Latin Church, when large fires and many candles were lit in token of the fact that Christ was the light of the world. But the custom was found among the Pagans anterior to the Christian era, and, indeed, the instinct of rejoicing by means of illumination of various kinds seems to be older than history; to be, indeed, a natural impulse of the human race everywhere. Those in mild climates lit bonfires, carried torches, set off fireworks; in the colder countries, all the light possible, within doors, was secured by means of blazing logs and candles. In Devonshire, England, the yule log takes the form of a great ashen faggot, formed of nine large ash sticks, bound together by withes. Many allusions are made in older and later ballads to this custom. In one of Robert Herrick’s poems it is spoken of thus: With tlie last year's brand Litflit the new block, and For good success in his spending. On your psaltries play, That sweet luck may Come while the log is tending. The burning of the yule log was one of the customs frowned upon by the Puritans, at the time of their accession to power and influence, as a relic of Popery. It lost its firm hold upon the peasant classes then, and never afterward regained it.

The Hay Crop.

Compared with 1877, there is a larger surplus of hay for shipment in New England and New York this year. Except in a few locations the hay crop for 1878 has been unusually large, hence lower prices prevail in all the leading markets. In Boston the receipts of hay are not quite so large this week as during previous weeks this fall, and choice grades sell more readily, first quality coarse Eastern and Northern hay commanding at wholesale sl6 to sl7 per ton, though but little arrives that will fetch over sl6 per ton. There continues to be a large stock of poor and medium, with sales ranging from $8 to sl4 per ton. The extreme low prices of hay in many sections will induce the wintering of more stock, resulting in generous additions to the manure heap, and consequent enrichment of tillage' lands another year. The magnitude of the hay crop of the United States is scarcely realized by even the farmers of the country. • The hay crop of 1876 amounted to 31,000,000 tons, equaling, at the average market price of that year, sl2 per ton, a total valuation of $372,000,000. And yet the cured hay is but a small portion of the grass crop, for the pasturage alone, in a nation that contains 10,155.000 horses, 11,260,000 milch cows, 17,956,100 oxen and other cattle, and 35,000,000 sheep, must amount in value to a sum for beyond the crop itself. New York stands as the head of all the States in point of number of tons of hay annually produced, the total being 5,600,000 tons; Illinois stands second with 3,500,000; Pennsylvania, 2,900,000; Ohio and lowa each 1,950,000; Wisconsin, 1,533,000; Minnesota, 1,060,000 tons. Of the New England States, Maine harvests 1,264,000 tons annually; Vermont, 1,060,000; New Hampshire, 702,000; Massachusetts, 675,000; Connecticut, 575,000 and Rhode Island, 115,000 tons. Hay is the greatest, and most important, and most valuable crop of the world. —Boston Cultivator.

Debts of France and England.

The national debts of France and England are now not far-apart in amonnt, that of France being a little the larger. The French debt is held by 4,380,900 persons, being an average of about $855 to each holder! England’s debt, on the other hand, by the late returns, is held by about 300,000 persons, being on an average of about $12,500 to each holder. In France, the masses of the people seem to be the bondholders; in England, the capitalists instead. Jp France there

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are about 7,500,000 land-owners, of whom some 5,000,000 have little plots of about six acres, as an average. In England the number of land-owners is put down at 1,173,000. In France one person in five is a land-owner; in England, one in thirty. In England, however, 850,000 of these owners have in the aggregate but 188,000 acres, being an average of a trifle more than one-fifth of an acre each.

Lawyers in Congress.

In no other country is any such prominence given to lawyers as in this. It would be thought a wildly extravagant assertion if we were to say that more than half of all the important offices in the United States are held by lawyers; yet the statement would be far within the mark. We have taken the trouble to ascertain the proportion of lawyers in the present Congress. In the United States Senate, for instance, are fifty-eight lawyers and only twenty of all other professions and occupations! From the States of Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin, the Senators are all lawyers —no other profession or occupation is represented at all in all those great States. Only two small States found both their Senators outside the legal profession —New Jersey and Rhode Island. The States not included in either of these classifications send to the Senate one lawyer and one who is not a lawyer. Here we find almost threefourths of the members of the United States Senate lawyers. In the House of Representatives it is nearly the same. We have arranged a table of members from the different States by districts, figure one standing for a lawyer, and the cipher for a man of some other occupation. This interesting classification is as follows: Alabama 11)01111 Arkansas 1111 California 1011 Colorado 1 Connecticut 0111 Delaware 0 Florida 11 Georgia 111011U11 Illinois 0111111011111111111 Indiana 0111111)1111001 lowa .001*011111 Kansas 101 Kentucky 1001111111 Louisiana 11011 Maine.. 11111 Maryland 111101 Massachusetts 11101010111 Michigan 111111111 Minnesota 000 Mississippi 11111 Missouri 000111011 lilt Nebraska. 0 Nevada 1 New Hampshire 011 New Jersey 1001100 New York 110(011101110110101011111000110 North Carolina 11111110 Ohio 11111111101111011010 Oregon 1 Pennsylvania 110101011111111101111010110' Rhode Island 10 Houtli Carolina 00010 Tennessee 110111111 Texas 111110 Vermont 11l Virginia 11101111 West Virginia 111 Wisconsin 11111110 Here we have the surprising result of two hundred and seventy-three lawyers and only seventy who are not lawyers! More than three-fourths of the whole! Delaware, Minnesota, and Nebraska stand quite alone without lawyers in the House, but they have only five members between them, while Michigan presents a platoon of nine lawyers, Mississippi six, and Maine five, without any adulteration from other occupations. Alabama, North Carolina, and Wisconsin have each seven lawyers, and only one other member; and Illinois has a solid phalanx of seventeen lawyers and only two members from all other occupations. —New York Graphic.

Circumstantial Evidence.

In the year 1660 two men named Perry and their mother were hanged for the murder of a man who had never been murdered at all. Mr. Harrison, Lady Campden’s steward, having been collecting his rents, suddenly disappeared. John Perry accused his mother, himself, and his brother of having robbed Mr. Harrison in the previous year, and of having again robbed him and murdered, him on the night when he was missed. The mother and Richard Perry denied all knowledge of the matter; but, at length, pleaded guilty to the first indictment under some pressure of policy. The other indictment was not then proceeded with, on the ground that the body was not fonnd. But John persisted in his story, and at the next assize they were all tried for murder. John then retracted his confession, and said he must have been mad. Nevertheless, they were all condemned. Some years after Mr. Harrison appeared alive, and thus accounted for his mysterious absence: After receiving his rents he had been set upon by a gang of ruffians, carried to the seaside, put on ship-board, and sold as a slave to the Turks. After his master's death he escaped, and, with great difficulty, working his way, first to Lisbon, and thence to Dover, he arrived in England, as our law-book coolly says, “to the surprise of all the country.”—Good Words.

The Chicken Whose Name Was Charity.

A certain family in town are the fort-, unate owners of a fine large flock of chickens, for nearly all of which they have some especial name to designate them. A few evenings since, just after lighting the gas, two of the young ladies of the house, who were sitting near a window, were frightened almost out of their senses by a something flying up on the outside of the windows and tapping against one of the panes, evidently trying to attract the attention of some one. This something, upon a second look, proved to be nothing else than one of their chickens, by the name of “Charity.” One of the young ladies divined what the difficulty was, and started down to the chicken-coop, followed by the knowing Charity. She found the door of the coop shut—blown to, perhaps, by the wind—and the flock collected together and waiting very patiently. until some one should appear and open the door. As soon as the door was opened the whole flock went quietly in, and nothing more was heard of them until the next morning.—Lancaster (Pa.) New Era.

“ Mizzouri and Arkansan.”

The St. Louis Bejjublican says: “ The correct way to pronounce the name of this State is as though it were spelled Mizzouri, and that of its Southern neighbor as though it were spelled Arkansaw. Dictionaries and gazetteers often give other pronunciations, but these are the ones Avhich the people of the respective States generally follow.”

ffemocmtic §mUnet JOB PRINTIMB OFFICE Um bettor facOttto* than any office In Korthwmen Indiana for the execution of all branch** of OFOB printing. PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY. Anything, from a Dodger to a Price-List, or from ■ Pamphlet to a Poster, black or colored, plain or fancy, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

INDIANA REPORTS. Aubrroß or state. The report of the Auditor of State of Indiana presents the following figures: On the 31st of October, 1877, the amount of cash in the treasury was 3405,303.27. Duiing the year ending Oct 81, 1878, the receipts from all sources were as follows: To general fund #1.501.540.14 To common-school fund 1,1118.08 To school revenue for tuition 1,908,540.86 To college fund 0,588.88 To college-fund interest..... To swamp land fund 367.71 To fund of unclaimed estates 1,007.88 To new State House fund 42,886.37 Total 33,558,881.08 Deduct amount of transfer and refunding receipts tiled during the year.... 436,050.68 Balance. ."SB/121.481.30 Balance in treasury Oct. 31,1877 406,803.27 Total receipts during the year 88.526.734.57 Tho amount of warrants drawn on the State treasury from the soveral funds, during tho fiscal year, from Oct 31, 1877, to Oct 31, 1878, is aH follows From general fund $1.407,356.20 From school revenue for tuition 1 800.288.67 From college fund 8,500.00 From college-fund interest 7,780.50 From swamp-land fund . 88-44 From fund of unclaimed estates 160.84 From new State House fund 20,205.14 Total amount warrants drawn $3,430,328.79 Deduct amount transfer and refunding warrants ' 486.960.68 Total ca-h disbursements during ye» r ... $3,002,378.11 Which being deducted from total receipts leaves $524,356,415 in the treasury Oct 81, 1878, which is distributed among the various funds iu accordance with their receipts and disbursements. Following the above exhibit of receipts and disbursements are tho detailed accounts of tho disbursements on account of separate funds. Of this tho total amount drawn from the general fund on warrants was $1,497,356.20. The following is the classification of tho ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiscal year ending Oct 31, 1878: Executive and administrative— Salaries of the State officers, assistants, deputies, clerks, janitor, office expenses, light and water $ 50,212.11 Benevolent institutions— Insane Hospital, current expenses.... 132,129.67 Deaf and Dumb Institute, current expenses 62,997.99 Blind Asylum, current expenses 81,878.26 House of Refuge. current expenses.... 43,(!00.(HI Female Keformatory, current expenses 21,500.10 Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, current expenses 84,000.60 Total « 325,005.91 Ponal institutions — State Prison Bouth, current expenses..s .67,988.57 State Prison North, current expenses.. 75,676.13 Total « 143,664.70 Judiciary— Salaries Supreme Court Judges $ 20,000.00 Salaries Circuit Judges 105.155.48 Salaries Superior Court Judges 9,035.25 Salaries Prosecuting Attorneys 20,361.80 Sheriffs’ mileage 19,374.02 Special services of Judges 5.002.10 Office expense of Supremo Court 1,577.17 Sheriff Supreme Court 224.05 Janitor Supreme Court * 720 00 Supreme Court reports 5,502.00 Salary I.aw Librarian 1,200.60 Total $ 188,453.88 Educational Institutions— State University at Bloomington $ 23 000.00 State Normal School at Terre Haute.... 3.0118,20 Purdue University at Lafayette 6,050.43 State Board of Education.. 969.71 Total * 38,968.31 gricultural and Horticultural Societies— Stale Board of Agriculture $ 7,500.00 State Horticultural Society 500.00 Total $ 7,KM1.(Ml State Printing— Printing and stationery $ 8.029.33 State DebtInterest of non negotiable bonds $ 234.2Mi.09 Interest on temporary-loan bonds 51,000.00 Interest on war-loan bonds 8,310.00 Interest on internal-improvement bonds.... 8,000.(0 Total $ 298,026.99 Miscellaneous— State Board of Equalization $ 806/(1 General contingent expenses, repairs, rents, etc 7.677.08 Total $ 8,483.88 Grand total of ordinary expenses $1,059,045.11 The extraordinary expenses of the State for the lineal year were as follows: For labor" and material new Insane Asylum $ 180,801 02 Old indebtedness House of Refuge.... 2,<>00.00 New foundry building, State Prison South 8.500.00 New cell-house, State prison North.... 20,920.99 Old indebtedness State Board of Agrietflture 10.000.00 Payment internal-improvement bonds 1,900.00 Payment 10 per cent. State stocks 2.000.(M) Payment 2tjj per cent, stocks 8,600.01) Payment 10 per cent. State stocks interest 8.33 Payment of temporary loan of 1875 by renewal 200,000.00 Payment of revenue of 1877, over-pay-ment refunded 512.19 Payment of insurance tax, over-pay-ment refunded 27.93 Total extraordinary expenses $ 427,711.( 0 Total amount warrants drawn on general fund during the year 1.497,356.20 Deduct amount temporary loan $ 200,000.00 Net amount for conducting the State Government during the year 1,297,866.20 SECRETARY OF STATE. The animal report of John E. Neff, Secretary of State, shows that during the year there have been issued and attested 2 proclamations, 48 warrants, 62 requisitions, 103 pardons, 38 remissions, 6 commutations, 3 respites, 588 commissions to State, judical, and county officers, 1,252 commissions to Justices of tho Peace, 814 commissions to notaries public. The Statistics furnished by Charles P. Hutchinson, Clerk of the Bureau, show that tho total cost of printing, binding and stationery for the State for the two years ending June 30 1877, was $4,091.03. This makes the total amount for tho throe years and four months since the present system was adopted $53,567.54. Tho report says that the Governor, Secretary and Treasurer, who were appointed by a joint resolution to examine the claim of Benton county for reimbursement for the extraordinary expenditures in the prosecution and conviction of James L. McCullough for tho murder of Wm. C. Morgan in 1865, recommend that the Legislature allow certain of the expenses, amounting in the aggregate to $973.76.

Where It Never Rains.

In Peru, South America, rain is unknown. The coast of Peru is within the region of perpetual southeast trade winds, and, though the Peruvian shores are on the verge of the great southeast boiler, yet it never rains there. The reason is plain. The southeast trade winds in the Atlantic ocean first strike the water on the coast of Africa. Traveling to the northwest they blow obliquely across the ocean until they reach the coast of Brazil. By this time they are laden with vapor, which they continue to bear along across the continent, depositing it as they go, and supplying with it the sources of the Rio de la Plate and the southern tributaries of the Amazon. Finally they reach the snow-capped Andes; here is wrung the last particle of moisturo tliat a very low temperature can attract. Reaching the summit of that range, they now tumble down as cool and dry winds on the Pacific slope beyond. Meeting with no evaporating "Surface and no temperature colder than that to which they were subjected on the mountain tops, they reach the ocean. Thus we see how the tops of the Andes become the reservoir from which are supplied rivers of Chili and Peru. —San Francisco Bulletin.

The New Girl.

“You are commencing early to be late,” said a lady to her new hired girl, who came yawning down stairs the first morning after her engagement, when breakfast was already well under way. “I’ve a wakeness for slape, mom,” was the reply. “I in joy me slapin’ best whin I'm awake, and so I remain lyin’ down an hour after I get up, sure,”