Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1881 — Page 1

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CALENDAR FOR 1881.

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HEWS OF THE WEEK.

FOREIGN NEWS. The Hom/e-Rule members of the British Parliament have organized for the coining session’s work with Parnell as President and Juatiu McCarthy as Vice President. Resolutions were adopted pledging the members to abide by the decision of the majority on all important measures, and binding them to sit in opposition to any administration that should refuse the demands of the Irish people for legislative independence. An explosion of fire-damp occurred in a coal-pit at St. Etienne, France, while the miners were at work. A number of them were killed. j Gale, the English pedestrian, who un- t dertook to walk 2,500 miles in 1,000 hours, ; broke down alter having covered 2,233 miles. ! By the collapse of the roof of a crowd- I ed church in France several persons were I killed and fifty or more wounded. The state trials opened at Dublin ’ last week, a dense crowd being in attendance. 1 Chief Justice May refused to take part, and , Justice Fitzgerald took the chief scat. Eighteen ! of the twenty-four jurors called answered to : their names, from whom twelve were selected, eight being Catholics, three Protestants, and one a Quaker. ) The, remains 'of George El tot were buried at Highgate Cemetery, London. Among the, mourners were Profs. Tyndall, ■ Bedey, and Calvin. . By the full of a church in Sailligott, I France, during the Christmas service, seven i persons were killed and fifty injured. Official returns show that the foot and j mouth disease is seriously spreading among cattle in all the large counties of England. There arc 6,754 cases of the disease in Norfolk i and 2,376 in London. ■ According to the latest advices all the ! powers except England have assented to the ■ Greek arbitration scheme. Greece has prom- ! isod to make a definite statement as soon as the ■ proposal is officially submitted, and the Porte I is undecided. China has agreed to open the entire empire to Russian commerce. The British steamer Garnet was lost on the North sea, with a crew of seventeen. Spain has contracted with England for several war vessels, and is building several gunboats and fast ships at a cost of nearly $2,000,000. An immense anti-Jewish meeting has been held in Berlin. Several members of Parliament were present, and thousands of people were unable to gain admittance. The Vatican has sent peremptory orders to the Irish Episcopacy to abstain from language tending to create an impression that the Pope favors the operations of the Land League. The Irish militia regiments mil not be called out for drill this year. A big Turkish army is to be stationed on the Greek frontier. All persons imprisoned for debt in Scotland were released on New Year’s eve, under the new law. Severe fighting is expected between the Russians and Turcomans in Central Asia.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Blast Rev. Dr. E. H. Chapin, the wellknown Uuivorsalist divine, has just died in New York. |, At Red Bank, N. J., two men in the snow-storm. Hon. John Rowe, formerly Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, has just died at Chambersburg. The Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners refuse to grant locations for elevated railroads in Boston. Three men were instantly killed by a boiler explosion in E. P. Dodge’s shoe factory, at Newburyport, Mass. James Knowles and George Owen were drowned in the canal at Holyoke, Mass., while drunk. A statue of Gen. Phil Kearney was unveiled at Military Park, New Jersey, last week. Gens. Grant, Sherman and McClellan were present. Jacob Gozel and his wife, who resided near Allentown, Pa., were murdered in their bed Christmas night. A bloody ax was found in the apartment where the bodies lay, indicating the instrument of the murder. Joseph Snyder, a boarder, was suspected of the crime, and he was seized and lynched by an infuriated mob. Hu confessed his crime. Ho courted the daughter of the Gozels, and, as they did not encourage him, he determined to remove them. Charles O’Conor has become a citizen of Nantucket, Mass., and is understood to be at work on a law treatise, which will be hia final professional effort The payments at the New York Clearing House for the year 1880 were not only larger than ever before, but larger than those of any other city in the world. They exceeded the entire amount received and expended by the Ui ited States Government from its first establb hment down to the present time. Dr. Smiley, of Plainfield, N. J., went out to a :sit a patient on Wednesday evening, and wa.- frozen to death almost in sight of his home. It is asserted at Albany, N. Y., that the costly State Capitol, which was built upon quicksand, is likely to slide into the Hudson river. Charles Becker and George Engells, said to be two of the most expert forgers in the world, have been arrested in New York. There were 3,044 failures in New York city during 1830, with aggregate liabilities of ♦IS, 391,682, *

The Democratic sentinel.

JAS. W. McEWEN Editor

VOLUME lv'.

The estimates agreed upon for the city Government of New York for the current year reach 429,854,322. The assignee of the bankrupt coffee Ann of B. 8. Arnold <fc Co., New York, report* its liabilities at 42,254,860, and its assets at 41,549,433. West. When the Ute Commissioners returned to Los Pino* from Denver, they found 1,400 savages waiting to receive their installment* of 427 each. Just after the silver was disbursed, a white man arrived with the body of Johnson, the Indian whe was killed by the freighter, Jackson, and for two. days the wildest demonstrations of rage trere made, when the Commissioner* fled to Denver, which they reached after a rough trip. A dispatch from Fort Buford says that Scout Allison has arrived there with Crow King, the leading soldier of Sitting Bull’s camp, and Crooper, a cousin of Sitting Bull, both noted chiefs, as delegates from Sitting Bull to hold a council with Maj. Brotherton, so is to make some definite settlement about the surrender. Allison left Bitting Bull at the mouth of Milk river with instructions not to leave there until he returned for him. Twenty of the richest liquor dealers in Detroit have been arrested for keeping their i saloons open oh Christmas. By an ordinance passed by the Common Council of Chicago, the manufacturers of substitutes for butter will be compelled to stamp upon each package the ingredients of the article. The Criminal Court of St. Louis has sentenced to the gallows'Thaddeus Baber, who killed his mistress and her mother, and James Banks, who shot his wile. Gov. Scott, who killed young Drury at Napoleon, Ohio, has been committed to prison to await trial, having been refused bail. The boiler of a shingle-mill at V estaburg, Mich., exploded with such force as to tear the structure to pieces, instantly killing Frank Filkins, the engineer, and Frank Ainsly, the night watch. The main part of the boiler was thrown forty-five rods, causing the death of C. Conkey and fatally injuring George Wilcox and M. Turk. < Loomis’paper-mill, at Piqua, umo, has been destroyed by the explosion of a boiler. Several members of the family of Nathan Rockwood, living near West Brooklyn, 111., have died from trichina eaten in raw ham. At New Albany, Ind., twin babes of William and Fannie Johnson were frozen to death. The father went away to obtain em- ! ployment, leaving his family without fuel. Detroit reports the erection of twelve i hundred buildings during the past year. The death-rate of Chicago for the past year has been 20 to every 1,000 inhabitants. There have l>een twenty-eigjit murders and fifty-seven suicides in St. Louis during the pant year. The Cincinnati district reports the, payment of 412,390,000 of internal revenue • thin year on whisky. j Eight emigrant cars were.wrecked by ! a collision on the Union Pacific road, near ! TioJgepole Station, Neb. Five passengers were ; injured. . I In a lire which destroyed a Norwegian j hotel at Madison, Wis., Mrs. B. M. Maier and ; her infant child perished. BouUu Three minors were killed by the cav- ■ ing in of a mine in Chesterfield county, Va. Three persons were killed and two seriously injured by a collision on the Air Line road, near Charlotte. N. C. Anthony Deiters, of Wheeling, W. Va., has just died at the age of 93. He was, in his younger days, a soldier in the French army, and took part in most of Napoleon’s great battles. He was one of the few survivors of the Old Guard of glorious memory. The Southern States have been experiencing an unusually severe spell of weather. Ln the Carolinas snow fell to the depth of fifteen inches. At Sherman, Texas,'the thermometer resristored sdegree.i below zero. Abe Rothschild has been acquitted of f the'charge of murder, for which he was tried ! in Jefferson, Texas. Henry Washington, a negro who had ( murdered H. H. Hill, near Jackson, Miss., was executed at the latter place in presence of 400 spectators.

WASHINGTON NOTES. Gen. Walker believes that thp census, when completed, will show the population of the United States to be 50,000,000. Commissioner LeDuc, of the Agricultural Bureau, has made arrangements for the establishment of a tea-farm in South Carolina. Some statistics prepared by the State Department show that the balance of trade with the world, for the year 1879, was in favor of the United States by $240,939,100. The President, says a Washington telegram, has found so much difficulty in finding a suitable person to act as Secretary ofc the Navy for two months that he has partially do cided to request Secretary Ramsey to perform the duties of both the Navy and War Departments until March 4, and, in order to comply with the technical language of the statute, will recommission him Secretary of the Navy every ten days. The value of the exports from this country during the month of November exceeded the value of the imports by $35,894,340. In November, 1879, the excess was only $28,836,794. The excess for the eleven months ending the 30th of November was $141,361,002, while the corresponding period of last year it was $230,279,987. A court-martial in the case of Cadet Whittaker has been ordered for Jan. 18, to be held at West Point Brig. Gen. Miles will preside. A. S. Logan, a lineal descendant of the famous Indian chief, has been appointed to a position in the Interior Department. Speaker Randall thinks there is every probability of a favorable report on the bill to place Grant on the retired list with the full pay of General. President Hayes has barred both ears against any further demands for the retirement of Gen. McDowell. The treasury receipts from customs during the month of December were $13,000,000, and from internal revenue during the same period $12,000,000. The Sioux delegation at Washington have advised Secretary Schurz that they intend to accept the terms offered by the St. Paul and Northwestern roads for rights of way through their reservations. Fifty-nine national banks were organized during the past year, with an aggregate authorized capital of $7,274,170. Eleven banka went into voluntary liquidation, having a capital of $1,046,000. Three banks failed during the year. Mr. Cobb, a member of the House Appropriation Committee, thinks that no provjswsjiwilJ boms4ein the Legislative bill for

RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 18S1.

Supervisors and Deputy Marshals of elections, there being no occasion to employ them during the year. The Superintendent of Census makes the following approximate statement of the population of States and Territories. It is be lieved to be very near the official figures. Alabama 1,262,344 Missouri 2,169,091 Alaska;’Montana.....;.. 39,157 Arizona 40,441 Nebraska 452,432 Arkansas 802,064 Nevada. 62,265 California. 864,686 New Hampshire 347,784 Colorado 194,649 New Jersey 1,130,892 Connecticut.... 622,683'New Mexico.... 118,430 Dakota. 134,502 New York 5,083,173 Delaware 146,654|N0rth Carolina. 1,400.000 D. of Columbia. 177,638i0hi0 3,197,794 nori da 26fi,56i>, Oregon 174,767 Georgia Pennsylvania... 4,282,738 Idaho 32,61T-Rhode Js’and... 276,528 Illinois 3,078,636 South Carolina., 995,706 Indiana 1,978,858 Tennessee 1,542,463 lowa 1,624,463 Texas 1,597,509 Kansas 985,335 Utah 143,907 Kentucky 1,648,599 Vermont 332,286 louisiana 940,263 Virginia 1,512,203 Maine 648,945 Washington.... 75,120 Maryland 935,139 West Virginia.. 618,193 Massachusetts.. 1,783,086 Wisconsinl,3ls,3B6 Michigan 1,634,096 Wyoming 20,788 Minnesota 780,807 Mississippi 1,131,899 T0ta150,152,559

POLITICAL POINTS. Secretary Ramsay haa announced his purpose to make a vigorous contest for Senator McMillan’s seat in the United States Senate from Minnesota. A call for a meeting of New York Democrats to reorganize the party in that city was reap mded to by a large attendance. Abram 8. Hewit, was the chief speaker, the audience rising to its feet when he said Tammany Hall is a thing of the past. It was resolved that the Chairman appoint a committee of fifty citizen* to reorganize the party. At a special Congressional election in New Hampshire, Ray, Republican, was elected to succeed the late E. W. Farr. Hon. R. 0. Parsons, of Cleveland, Ohio, late’y said to a newspaper correspondent: “ Foster will go into Garfield’s Cabinet. That can be set down as certain. Stanley Matthews will be put upon the Supreme bench, and Sherman will be elected United States Senator.” The correspondent says he spoke with the air of authority.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. The census of the Dominion of Canada is to be taken on the 4th day of April. A newspaper of Quebec states that orders have been issued on the citadel to serve out fifty rounds of cartridges to each man, double the sentries, and pull iu the drawbridges. This is believed to have originated in the investigations of an Imperial Government spy into the strength of the Irish people in Canada. • The following statement snows tne population of'certain States and Territories, according to the United States census of ISBO. This statement is still subject to possible corrections by reason of the discovery of omissions or duplication of names iu the lists of inhabitants returned : A1abama..1,261,241 New Y0rk5,082,844 A rkausaa 802,564 North Carolina.. .1,44X1,009 Connecticut. 622,633 Oregon 174,767 Delaware 146,654 Rhode Inland.... 276,528 Florida 266,566 South Carolina... 995,766 Ge0rgia1,537,878 Tennesseel,s42,463 10wa1.624,4*1 Vermont 332,286 Kansas 995,335 Virginial,sl2.2u3 Kentuckyl,64B,s9B West A’irginia... 618,193 Louisiana. 940,263 Wisconsinl,3ls,3B6 Maine 648,945 Dlst Columbia.. 177,638 Massachusetts.. .1,783,086 Idaho 32,611 Mi550uri.2,169,091 Montana 39,157 Nebraska 452,432 Utah 143,907 Nevada 62,265 Washington 75,120 New Hampshire.. 347,78: Wyoming.. 20,788 New Jerseyl,l3o,B92 Binned: A block of stores at Mystic River, Ct., loss $50,000 ; the table factory of Brown & Bliss. New York, loss $100,000; the skin-dressing mill of Northrup Bros., Johnstown, N. Y., Ices $30,000 ; Adams’ foundry at Marshall. Mich., loss $20,000. The recent phenomenal cold wave : seems to have penetrated to every nook and j corner of the United States. It was exceptionally severe in the Southern States. The Arkansas river was frozen over solid from Fort Smith to its junction with the Mississippi, something unprecedented. At Petersburg, Va., the thermometer registered 16 degrees below zero, the lowest ever recorded. In Virginia, cattle and game perished by the hundred, and deer came from their retreats to the very doors of the farmers in seach of food. At Washington city itfwas 10 degrees below,-; and there was great suffering in consequence of the intense cold. In New Hampshire and Vermont the thermometer ranged from 25 to 30, and at Antrim, in Maine, the mercury fell to 38 below. Throughout New York the temperature varied from 15 and 18 below in the river valleys to 25 to 30 below in the elevated region. Quail and other wild game in the valley of the Ohio have been lulled in large numbers by the Arctic weather. There were about 1,030 disasters on the lakes during the past year. The loss of life is greater than for many years past, while the valuationof hull and cargo loss falls little short of $2,000,4)0, which is a largo increase over any former season. The greatest amount of losses occurred on ;Lake Michigan. Lake Huron follows next in order, while Lakes Erie and Ontario are proportionately the same. The Western Union Telegraph lines in British Columbia have been sold to the Dominion Government Burned: The summer residence of James R. Keene, at Newport, R. 1., loss SIOO,000 ; the stores of Levi & Co.. H, H. Hansell and Joseph Cohen, on Magazine street, New Orleans, loss $250,000 ; the Buford plow factory, at Rock Island, 111., loss $175,000 ; two hotels at Atlantic City, N. J., loss $40,000 ; a hotel and several buildings at McKeesport Pa., loss $25,000; a betel and a number of stores at Jackson, Mich., loss $75,000; Aaron Wolf’s crockery store, on Common street, New Orleans, loss $75,000 ; the Commercial Hotel, North Adams, Mass., loss $30,000 a Methodist church at Canton, Ohio, loss $45,000 ; the gpera house and Cosmos newspaper office, at St Charles, Mo., loss $30,000; the opera house at Kingston, N. Y.; the museum in Central Park, New York city, loss estimated at SIOO,OOO.

A Colored Camp Follower.

“ You ran at the first fire, did you ? ” said the Colonel of a regiment. “ Yes, sah,” was the unblushing reply, “ an’ I would have run soonah if I had knowed it was cornin’.” “But have you no regard for your reputation, Sam ? ” “Reputation is nuffin to me, sah, by i the side of life.” s “ Well, if you lost j your life you would have the satisfac- I tion of knowing that you died for your | country.” “What satisfaction would' dat be to me, sah, when de power of i feelin’ it was gone ? ” “ Then patriot- , ism and honor are nothing to you, Sam.” j “ Nuffin whateber, sah,” “If our sol- I diers were all like you, traitors might i have broken up the Government without resistance.” “Yes, sah, dat’s so; dere would hab been no ’ help for it. I wouldn’t put my life into de scales ’gainst any Gubernment dat eber existed, for no Gubernment could replace de loss to me. I ’spect, though, dat de Gubernment would be safe ’nuff if all de soldiers were like me, cos den dere couldn’t be uo fifin’.”— Buffalo Express. I

“A Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

FARM ROTES.

Warts.—Flat warts on the inside of a horse’s leg may be removed by scraping off the top and applying muriatic with a small stick or camel’s hair brush. They may be cut from a cow’s udder and killed in the same way. One acre of land well prepared and 3ultivated will produce more than two which receive only the same amount of labor used on one. One cow, horse, mule, sheep, or hog, well fed and cared for, is more profitable than two fed on the amount that will keep one well; One tcre of grass is worth more than two of lotton Avhere no grass is raised.— Old Farmer. Thinning Fruit.—There are few grape vines and dwarf pear trees that would aot be benefitted by thinning. It not >nly increases the size of the fruit but benefits the future health of the tree. Srapes may be cut away while the fruit a very small, but pears can be left until partially grown, as many of them fall when quite advanced iu size. Asparagus.—A writer in the London ' Gdtrdener gives a detailed method idopted by him for raising asparagus shoots of twice the ordinary size. The plants are given plenty of room—say four feet apart each way. The first two years, a light crop was planted between the rows; afterward no other crop is planted. To give the right depth in planting, trenches are dug eight inches Ifep and good, strong yearling plants i jet therein. At the time of planting no ; manure is applied, but is rarely used as- i forward. By adopting this method of i growing asparagus the great expense of I trenching for thick bed planting is ob- ; viated. Thin Seeding With Oats.—H. C. Whitewood, of Canisteo, N. Y., solved last j spring, says the Jlnsba)idman,rupon five ' acres of measured ground, two and a half , bushels of oats, or two pecks per acre, : and harvested and threshed from the said - five acres 355 bushels of oats, or 71 bush- ■ els per acre. The ground ivas a very rich piece of black, mucky soil, that hail been marshy; and covered with alders. The water had nearly disappeared, aqd last fall Mr. Whitewood pulled up the alders and plowed the ground; he was more anxious to get the land seeded to grass than to raise a crop of oats, ana ' sowed the oats more to protect the young grass plants than for any other purpose. The catch of grass is a decided success. About three years ago Mr. Whitewood | cleared a similar piece of land, plSri’ed ! and sowed to grass and three pecks of i oats to the acre and harvested over fifty ; bushels per acre. He says that the oats in this cose were so thick that in many places the grass was smothered. Fixing Shoes to Horses’ Hoofs.—A I new idea for accomplishing this without ; the use of nails is carried out as follows: ' The inventor takes a shoe of ordinary ; construction, having, say, four holes • therein, and through these ho passes , bands or wires of metal, two extending ; from or near the hinder extremity of the i shoe, and the other two at short distances ! from either side of the toe, the position i being varied with the number of bands ; employed. To fix the shoe the hinder wires or bands are first drawn tightly i round the front and upper part or corona ' of the hoof, the ends passing through a ! buckle or ring, or they may be twisted I together. The ends of other wires are I also passed through the ring or undei I the first bands, and, being drawn tightly downwards, the hinder wires or bands, owing to the conformation of the hoof, are, as it were, wedged tightly, thus fixing the Shoe firmly to the hoof. This invention only receives provisional pro- : tection. Care of Farm Implements.—We often ' see, when passing along a country highway, mowing machines, hay ' rakes, | wagons and other farming utinsils lying j out exposed to the weather. Sometimes ; this is because the owner has no convenient place for them, and at other times it is through negligence, but whatever the ' cause it is always poor economy. The 1 value of implements and machines nee- ; essary to use in the proper and success- ' ful management of an ordinary-sized ' farm, amounts to about SSOO, and the i wear and tear of them is of necessity a ; great deal; but if allowed to remain out! in all kinds of weather they will often receive more detriment from the expos- j ure than from actual use. The imple- ' ments used on an ordinary-sized farm 1 can all be stored easily in a building 30x40 feet, the cost of which need be : but little, not to exceed SSO. A little ! thought and computation will show to ! any farmer the advantage of such a building for storing farm implemsnte. But a building, however well-built, will not protect from the weather, implements that are left in the field. We must exercise some care in keeping them in their places.— -Jlural New Yorker. Application of ManurA—The reader of the agricultural journals of the day will notice that many old customs and methods in farm operations are giving place to others, some new in both theory and practice, and others only variations of old methods, that produce better results. Through farm paper these new and improved methods are made common property to all who read such papers. No one, at this day, need be at a loss for information if he advertises his need. Not very long ago manure was all applied in one way—spread on the land and ploughed under. But the idea that plants feed near the surface began to be entertained. It was observed that the elements of plant food in the soil were drawn toward the surface by i the earth losing its moisture. The chief work of putting in a crop consists in thoroughly incorporating the manure with the soil. To do this -well, the field must be harrowed until the manure is all worked in. If litter manure is used, this is a task not easily accomplished. It is best done, perhaps, with a slantingtooth harrow. If a sulky cultivator is used the first time going over the field it will be in much better condition for the harrow. Among the useful devices in pulverizing the soil is the spring-tooth barrow. If there is long stubble, or straw manure to be covered, the spring of the teeth will keep it from being drawn into heaps, as the common harrow does it. The splendid crops that are I grown in the Reserve, where but a few ' years ago it was supposed to be impossii ble, is sure evidence that success may be i achieved in growing grain crops, if we i set resolutely to work, avoiding errors of i the past, and adopting new methods that i have been proved superior.— Exchange.

Charlie and His Dog.

A good while ago a little boy, named Charlie, had a large dog, which was very fond of the water, and in hot weather he used to swim across the river near which the boy lived. One. day the thought struck him that it would* be fine fun to make the dog carry him across the river, so he tied a string to the dog’s collar and ran down with him to the water’s edge, where he took off nil his clothes,

and then, holding hard by the dog’s n?ck and the bit of string, he went into the water, and the dog pulled him across. After playing about on r the other side for some time, they returned hi the way they had come;’ but when Charlie looked for his clothes he could find nothing but his shoes. The wind had blown i all the rest into the water. The dog ' saw what had happened, and, making I his little mind up what to do, he made ' the boy let go the string by pretending to bite him; dashed into the river, and brought out first the coat, and then all the rest in succession. Charlie dressed and went home in his wet clothes,, and told his mother what fun he and the dog had had. His mother told him that he did very wrong in going across the river as he had done, and he should thank God for making the dog take him over and buck again safely; for if the dog had made him let go in the river, he would most likely Lave sunk and been drowned. Little Charlie said, “ Shall I thank Gcd naw, mamma ? ” and kneeled down at his mother’s knee and thanked God ; then, getting up again, he threw i his arms round the dog’s neck, saying, ‘ ‘ I thank you, too, dear doggie, for not letting go.” This little Charlie afterward became Admiral Sir Charles Napier.

FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

A blind boy at Montreal has built a miniature house inside an ordinary four-ounce bottle, out of forty pieces of j wood neatly glued together. It would : puzzle a person with good eyesight to ' get the parts into the bottle, to say [ nothing of putting them together. Serpents are said to obey the voice lof their masters. The trumpet-bird of ■ America follows its owner like a spaniel, ■ and the jacana acts as a guard to poulj try, protecting them in the field all day I from birds of prey, and escorting them home at night. tn the Shetland isles there is a gull which defends the flock from eagles ; it is therefore regarded as the privileged bird. The cause of earthquakes is to be found in the molten condition of the interior of the earth. This high degree of heat causes the generation of immense volumes of elastic gases, which, sooner or later, explode and shake the earth’s crust. Mr. Rogers’ theory is that the quaking is produced by the actual pulsation of the liquid mass at the earth’s center. The pulsation is carried by great waves, caused by the tension of elastic matter which forms the earth’s crust. One of the advantages pertaining to the new method of engraving by electricity—an electric spark pen having been invented for the purpose in Paris—is that the artist does all parts of his work, and with no more trouble than with working with an ordinary pencil, and can even operate in a dark room, without any other light than the glare from the induction spark. If a sheet of thin paper be attached to a plate of copper or zinc, it is said that an engraving may be made with extraordinary facility by this device. Byron wrote VThe Corsair” in ten days, at the rate of two hundred lines a day ; Lope de Vega wrote three hundred dramas in one hundred days; Voltaire composed “Zaire” in three weeks and “Olympic” in six days; Dryden wrote his ‘ ‘ Ode to St. Cecelia ” at one sitting, and Mrs. Browning’s “The Lady Geraldine’s Courtship” was the work of twelve hours. Shakspeare, Dickens, Wordsworth and More, on the other hand, were slow workers. Hepworth Dixon rewrote his “Two Queens” eight times, and Kinglake’s “Eothen” was rewritten five or six times. A scientific newspaper gives some illustrations of depraved tastes in animals. An instance occurred in a sheep on a Briti jh mail and passenger steamer, which, while fattening for the table, developed a marvelous taste for which it ate greedily. This habit waslk most conservative measure, since they cook was afraid to kill the animal lest ' the mutton might be flavored with to- : bacco. Another case mentioned was ■ that of a kitten, five months old, which i had a liking for salads. Cucumbers i dressed’ with vinegar were consumed with avidity, even though hot with Cayenne pepper. It has eaten boiled beef with mustard, and its mother was once seen to eat a slice of cucumber which had upon it salt, pepper and vinegar. It is still a prevalent belief in certain places of England, that the bride, in removing her bridal robe and chaplet at the completion of the marriage ceremonies, must take special care to throw away every pin worn on this eventful day. Evil fortune, it is affirmed, will sooner or later inevitably overtake the bride who keeps even one pin used in the marriage toilette. Woe also to the bridesmaids if they retain any of them, as their chances of marriage will thereby be materially lessened, and anyhow they must give up all hope of being w’edded before the following Whitsuntide. On the other hand, in Sussex a bride on her return home from church is often at once robbed of all the pins about her dress by her single friends present, from the belief that whoever possesses one of them will be married in the course of a year. Much excitement and amusement are occasionally caused by the youthful competitors for this supposed charm; and the bride herself is not infrequently the victim of rather rough treatment.

A Nut for the Sharpwits to Crack.

Some of your readers may find some amusement in puzzling out the following riddle, commonly attributed to Lord Chesterfield. It was published in the May number of the Gentleman's Magazine for 1757, and has, I tliink, never been answered: 1. The noblest object in the works of art; 2. The brightest scenes which nature can impart; 3. The well-known signal in the time of peace; 4. The point essential in a tenant’s lease, 5. The farmer’s comfort as he drives the plow ; 6. A soldier’s duty and a lover’s vow; 7. A contract made before the nuptial tie, 8. A blessing riches never can supply; 9. A spot that adds new charms to pretty faces, 10. An engine used >n fundamental cases; 11. A planet seen between the earth and sun, 12. A prize that merit never yet has won ; 13. A loss which prudence seldom can retrieve, 14. The death of Judas and the fall of Eve; 13. A part between the ankle and the knee, 16. A Papist s coast and a physician’s fee; 17. A wife’s ambition and a parson’s dues, 18. A miser’s idol and the badge of Jews. If now your happy genius can divine the correspondent’s words in every line, By the first letter(s) may be found an ancient city that is much renowned. —New York World. A “Young Naturalist” writes us to learn “ How lie can catch a live wasp, for, scientific purposes, without injuring it ? ” Right by the tail, son—right by the tip end of the tail. Squeeze hard—pe wasp don’t mind it a particle—and, if it seems to be injured any that you can see, send us the bill and we’ll pay for a new wasp. — Burdette,

BITS OF INFORMATION.

The fiddle is spoken of as early as I 1200 A. D., in the legendary life of St. j Christopher. Chamois skin* are not derived from the chamois, os many people suppose, but are the flesh side of sheepskins. The skins are soaked in lime-water, and in a solution of sulphuric acid ; fish oil is poured over them, and they are carefully washed in a solution of potash. In 1789, when the Federal Government was organized, heads of departments received $3,500 per annum salary. The principal Secretaries who formed Washington’s first Cabinet were : Of State, Thomas Jefferson ; of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton ; of War, Gen. Knox; Attorney General, Edmond Randolph. The heaviest loss inflicted upon the American arms in any battle of the Revolutionary war was at the battle of Long Island—2,ooo in killed, wounded and prisoners. But’ 10,000 Americans were engaged, an 1 the lioss was only 20 per cent. At the Battle of Hubbardton, Vt., 700 patriots engaged 1,200 British troops, and 324 were killed or wounded —nearly 50 per cent. At Guilford Court House, Gen. Greene lost 1,200 out of 4,400—a loss of 30 per cent. Yellow bananas come from Jamaica I and Aspinwall, and the red bananas from Cuba. The yellow bananas sell the best because they grow more to the bunch. A bunch of yellow bananas averages about ten dozen, and sometimes they average as high as twelve dozen, while the ied bananas seldom run over five dozen. The bunches are sold at about the same price, so the retailers can afford to sell the yellow ones for less and still make a better profit than they can on the red ones. The flavor of tlie banana depends greatly on the soil iq which it is raised. The English guinea -was so called because the gold of which it was first made was brought from Guinea by an African trading company. Originally it was intended that the guinea should be worth 20 shillings, but, owing to a number of errors in calculating the proportion of the value of gold and silver, it never circulated at that value. Sir Isaac Newton fixed the true value of the guinea, in relation to silver, at 20 shillings 8 pence, and, by his advice, the crown proclaimed that in future it should be current at 21 shillings. The hanging gardens of Babylon consisted of an artificial mountain 400 feet on each side, rising by successive terraces to a height which overtopped the Avails of the city. The terraces themselves were formed of a succession of piers, the tops of which were covered by flat stones sixteen feet long and four feet wide. Upon these were spread beds of matting, then a thick layer of bitumen covered with thick sheets of lead. Upon this solid pavement earth was heaped, some of the piers being hollow, so as to afford depth for the roots of 'the tallest trees.. Water was drawn from the river to irrigate these gardens, which thus presented to. the eye the appearance of a mountain covered in verdure. The day upon which any historical event referring to the Christian era happened may be determined by the following rule : 1. Subtract 1 from the date and divide the remainder by 400. 2. Point off the centuries from the resulting remainder and divide the odd years by 4. 3. Multiply the resulting quotient by 5 and to the product add the remainder. 4. From the sum subtract twice the number of centuries pointed off and divide the remainder by 7. 5. Add the resulting remainder to the day of the year upon which t the event happened and divide the sum by 7. 6. To the last resulting remainder add 1. Then will the sum be the number of the day of the week required. When the first quotient is zero, or when it is 1 and the centuries pointed off 3, unless there be a remainder, to avoid negative results, add 27 to the date instead of subtracting 1 from it.

The Sea of Galilee

Riding by the foot of Hattin, over the ' place where, 700 years ago, Saladin annihilated the Crusaders’ power in Palestine, we at length reached a ridge where i we looked out on the distant hills of Bashan, and far below us on a dark blue pear or harp-shaped sheet of water, lying snugly in a deep inelosure of high brown hills. Though less than thirteen miles long and seven miles broad, yet, measured by the events it has witnessed, it is a kind of Pacific ocean. It was the i Sea of Galilee. As we moved over the long way down- I ward to its level—3so feet below the ! Mediterranean sea~we had time to fix and grasp its whole aspect and surroundings. It lacks boldness of outline, for its hills slope gradually back from the shore, or leave a narrow plain, as at Gennesaret and Buthia. But the lights and shadows lie sweetly on the hillsides at night and morning; the northern end i is broken into pleasant little bays, and Hermon looms grandly up beyond, far off, yet seemingly near. The whole aspect of the lake is one that suggests the thought and the lack of beautiful homes. ■ It was still a long ride to the lake. The region we were passing, once brimful of life and activity, was utterly forsaken now. The entire lake lay spread before us, and nearly the whole of its coastline, along or near which once (lay the cities of Tarichea, Tiberias, Hippo, GaI mala, Gergesa, Bethsaida, Choraain, CaI pemaum, Magdala and Beth Arbel. Of ! these cities, Tiberias once had itsfecnate i of 600 ; Gamala -was able to resist and ! defeat Vespasian at the head of three | legions, and when captured by VespaI siau and Titus it lost 400 in the fight, and 5,000 who hurled themselves, or were pushed down the precipices ; while Tarichea, according to Josephus, was able to furnish 16,500 for slaughter in a ■ sea fight with the Romans, 1,200 slain j in cold blood in the stadium, 6,000 capI tive youth to dig for Nero in the isth- : mus, and 30,000 to be sold into slavery. ! The only existing representatives of this ; strength and activity were the little cluster of huts called Medjel (Magadala)and the shrunken Tiberias, with its 2,000 inhabitants. From our path not a vestige of the other places could be discerned. It was near sunset when w r e entered Tiberias. We followed the road I through the gate, but could easily have i passed through the rents in the walls. . The now squalid city, mentioned but once in the New Testament, has been i the chief home of Jewish learning since the destruction of Jerusalem, Here the Jerusalem Talmnd was completed, and here is now what may be called the present theological school of the Jews.— Prof. Bartlett,

The Taste.

A little boy of 7 had been ordered to take claret by the doctor. A person, dining with the family, said to him, You should pat a little water With it;

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iit brings out the taste.” “That’s very ■ fine,” responded the 7-year-old, “but I prefer the taste left in.”

The Union Army—How It Was Composed

posed. Under the call of April 15, 1861, for 75,000 three-months* militia, the States furnished 91,816. Under the call of May 3, 1861—confirmed by the act approved. Aug. 6, 1861—and under acts of July 22 and 25, 1861, for 500,000 threeyears’ men, 700,680 men were actually furnished, of whom, however, only 657,868 were three-years’ men, while 15,007 men w’ere furnished in May and June, 1862, by special authority, for three months. Under the call of July 2, 1862, for 300,000 men for three years, 121,465 were furnished. Under tlie call of Aug. 4, 1862, for 300,000 for nine months, only 87,588 were furnished. Under the President’s proclamation of i June 15, 1863, for militia of six months, ' 16,361 men were furnished. Under the I (fall of Oct. 17, 1863—which embraces I men raised by draft of 1863—and that of ! Feb. 1, 1864, for 500,000 men for three ■ years, 317,092 men were furnished, i while 52,288 paid commutation, making i n total of 369,380. Under the call of ■ March 14,1864, for 200,000 men for three. . years, 259,515 men were furnished, and ■ 32,678 paid commutation, making a total of 292,193. Between April 23 and j July 18, 1864, 113,000 militia for 100 I days were mustered into service. Under . the call of July 18, 1864, for 500,000 I men—reduced by excess of credits on ! previous calls—for one, two, three and I tour years, 223,044 men were furnished , for one year, 8,340 for two years, 153,049 for three years, 730 for four years, and 1,298 paid commutation, making a total lof 386,461. Under the call of Dec. 18, 1864, for 300,000 men for one, two, three i and four years, 151,363 were furnished for one year, 5,110 for two years, 54,967 for three years, 312 forfour years, and 460 paid commutation, making a total of 212,212. In addition, 182,257 volunteers and j militia were furnished from States not called upon for their quota, 166,848 of whom were for three years, and the balance for periods ranging from sixty days to one year. The grand aggregate of the foregoing is as follows : Quotas from all the States and. Territories, 2,763,670, on which 2,772,408 were furnished, 86,724 paid commutation, making a total of 2,859,132. This aggregate, reduced to a three years’ standard, makes the total number of men 3,320,272. The figures are taken from the books of the Adjutant General’s office, in Washington:

S’ S s. . a STATES AND TEBRI- if n A TOBIES. § 5 / ' i nv Maine 73,587 70,1<>7 56,778 New Hampshire 35,897 33,937 39,849 Vermont 32,074 33,2*8 29.068 Massachusetts 139,095 146,730 124,104 Rhode Island 18,808 23,236 17,8(95 Connecticut 44,797 55.864 60,<,23 New York 507,148 *448.850 392,270 New Jer5ey......... 92,820 76,814 57,908 Pennsylvania 885,399 837,936 265,517 Delaware 13,935 12,284 10,322 Maryland \ 70,965 46,638 41,275 Wert Virginia /' 34,463 32,068 27,714 District of Columbia. 13 973 16,534 11,506 Ohio 306,323 313,180 240,514 Indiana 199,738 196,363 153,576 Illinois 244,496 259,092 214,133 Michigan 95,007 87,364 80,111 Wisconsin 109,080 91,327 79,260 Minnesota 26,326 24,020 19,693 lowa 79,521 76,245 68.630 Missouri 122,496 100,111 86,530 Kentucky 100,782 75,760 70,832 Kansas 12,931 20,149 18,706 Tennessee 1,560 31,092 26,394 Arkansas 780 8,289 7,836 North Carolina 1,560 3.156 3,156 California 15,725 15,725 Nevada 1,080 1,080 0reg0n......... 1.810 , 1,773 Washington Ter 964 954 Nebraska Tor 3,157 2,175 Colorado Ter 4,903 3,697 Dakota Ter .' 206 ) 206 New Mexico Ter 6,5611 4,432 Alabama 2,576 1,611 Florida 1,290 1,290 Louisiana. 5,224 4,654 Mississippi.... 545 545 Texas 1,965 1,632 Indian Nation 3,530 3,530 Colored troops* 93,441 91,789 Total 2,763,670 2,772,408 2.326,272

•Colored troops organized at various stations in the States in rebellion; embracing all not specifically credited to States, and which cannot be assigned.

Experiment with a Mirror.

Some of you will remember, in the years agone, the store of Sam Curtis, on Washington street, Boston, where, in Ids palmy days, he manufactured the best frames, and put up the largest mirrors to be found in the city. Well, once upon a time a curious discussion arose in that store. A large French-plate mirror had been set up on exhibition in the great swell-front window, its mirrorsurface toward the street; and the question was: Would the most meh or the most women stop and look into that mirror in passing ? Most of us, naturally, declared, without hesitation, in favor of the women. We believed six women to one man I would stop and take a look at the bright- • ly-reflecting surface, as it was so set that it would reflect the full length of a human figure upon the sidewalk. At length, two of our number agreed to take a favorable stand for observation, and make a strict count; and the result, which may be relied upon, somewhat surprised us. Here it isr They kept their post just one hour. During that time they counted 876 men who went by the store on that side; and all save two glanced at the mirror sufficiently to gain a clear view of themselves, most of them stopping for a longer or shorter period. Of the two who did not stop, one had a huge bundle on the shoulder next to the window, and could not look in that direction; while the other was being led by a boy—evidently a blind man. During that shme hour there were 592 women who passed the window, not one of whom stopped, and only |hree w of whom even glanced at the mirror. Each and every one of the dear creatures was entirely occupied in studying the dresses of other women I That was the report of our watchers; and they were both married men, and truthful, and admirers of the gentler sex.— New York Ledger. We should try to find the golden mean, and neither be lavish nor stingy. He has his money best spent who has the best wife. The husband may earn money, but only the wife can save it. “A wise woman buildeth her house.” ! The wife, it seems, according to Solomon, is the builder or the real puller down. A man can not prosper till he gets liis wife’s leave. A thrifty housewife is better than a great income. A good wife and health are man’s best wealth.— Charles H. Spurgeon. A hospital clergyman asked the official how one of the insane patients was getting along. “O, he’s certainly getting better,” was the reply, “ for he told me yesterday that he had entirely abandoned the idea of becoming a minister.”

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INDIANA NEWS.

The New Albany Council proposes to reduce the number of the police force. A little son of Mr. Thus. P. Moore, of Albany, fell on the icy sidewalk, aud bit his tongue nearly off. While playing with a toy pistol, a z small sou of Edward Huffman, of Reelsville, Putnam county, was shot in the abdomen, A Kokomo wretch named Pnrsely is charged with starving bis horses so that one of them died, and the other is a mere skeleton. James L. Fvgit. of Greensburg, aged 78, who held many positions of public trust, including, the office of County Clerk, is dead. At Clinton, City Marshal Fitzpatrick waA stabbud to the heart by Jacob Shirley. whom lie attempted to arrest for disorderly cpuduct. The City Council of Richmond has parsed an-ordinance for renaming all the streets of the city except Main, and for renumbering the houses. The New Albany Oilstone Works have shipptsl to Europe, on orders, 4,5'J0 pounds of the finest quality of oilstones, to be used in European watch manufactories. A Mr. MoTaooaht, of Fort Wayne, slapped a newsboy for crying the names of papers in front of his store-room, and damages to the amount of SI,OOO have been awarded. The dwelling of lion. Christopher Girton, near Flat Rock Station, Shelby county, was consumed by fire the other night, with the household goods. Csyisv, a defective flue. Loss, $5,000 ; no insurance. Col. F. A. Sears, ex-County Treasurer of Lawrence county conus out in his account s with the county about $7,000. short. He mortgages his property to his bondsmen to make them secure, or nearly so. . . Prof. William A. Moore, Superintendent of the New Castle public schools, and for a number of years Professor of Mathematics in Earlham College, died a few days ago, of pneumonia, at his home in New Castle. " The Fayette county Commissioners have appointed a committee to negotiate with the trustees of tlje association for ; purchase of the Conners v il I e fair grounds, to prevent them from being cut up into lots and sold. A party of eleven colored North Carolinians arrived at Greensburg last. week. They report their people in that sections trying to raise u.eans to transport themselves, and predict a large exodus from that State during the winter and spring. Articles of incorporation of the Indianapolis apd Sullivan Railroad and Coal Company have been filed ; capital, $700,000. The Spragues, of Detroit, are the chief movers hi it. The road is to be 100 miles long, the object chiefly to supply coal. Clark Antiiis, one of the most prominent of Knox county farmers, was drowned in \\ hite river. He was in the act of driving from the ferryboat with a mule team, when the animals became frightened and ran into the water; and he and one of the mules sank surface. An 11-year-old boy named Joe Goodwin, at Shelburn, pointed a pistol at Ellen McCroelin, not thinking it was loaded, and pulled the trigger. The ball struck the girl on the temple, inflicting a wotind which proved fatal in three hours. Mists Lillie Hendricks, of Petersburg, niece of Hon. T. A. Hendricks, accidentally sat down on a pair of largo scissors, when closed, running both blades entirely through the thigh, just below, and at the outside of the great trochanter, producing a painful, if not. dangerous wound. The State House Commissioners are giving particular attention to the choice of woods required in the finishing work of the building. These will all be native to the State, but the problem ,of getting them well seasoned against the time they are needed is that which will engage the attention of the board for some time. There is a movement on foot between the present Sheriff of Delaware county and Sheriff-elect McKinney, whereby the latter will purchase the remainder of* the former’s term of office next spring, and the present incumbent will remove to his farm. This is done to give the present. Sheriff an opportunity to get out his crops in the spring. The death of Hon. Allan Smith, at his residence near Wabash, occurred the other night, from the effect of cancer on the neck, from which he has been a -suffeier for some time. Mr. Smith came, here in 1839. He represented Wabash in the Indiana Legislature two terms, in 1867 and in 1869, after which he was elected Director of the Northern Prison and served one term as President of the Board. The official bond of Edward H. Wolfe, Auditor-elect of the State, in the sum of SIO,OOO, has been approved by the Governor. His bondsmen are all from Rush county, Mr. Wolfe’s residence. Mr. Wolfe bus made his appointments of Deputies as follows: John N. Coons, principal Deputy ; Wright Wharton, City Clerk in the Insane Department; and Isaiah Piatt, Clerk in the Land Department. On the 231 day of December, 1863, Jennings county offered to id! persons who would enlist in the army to the credit of that county a bounty of sllO. At that time s< v« rid members <f the Twenty-second Indiana, who w< re then in the South, were discharged, but instead of returning home, tumid around and re-enlisted in another regimenton the day above named, having, at this time, no knowledge of the above bounty. Now comeitwentyione of these soldiers who re-enljisted in the South, aud bring suit against the county, claiming the ‘.bounty, which, with seventeen years’ interest, amounts to $-421.20 each, or an aggregate of $8,908.20. . Clark county is the only county in the State that has a regular settlement of Mormons. Their settlement is near New Providence, in Wood township, and has been flourishing for years. The members of the church are called Joe Smith Mormons. Severalyears ago a missionary Mormon from the West made his appearance, and converted nearly every person in that section. These Mormons believe in immersing three times instead of once, as flie Baptists do. The members do not practice polygamy, as Brigham Young’s disciples do. In the southern pait of Wood township there .is no other church, excepting those of t|y’ Nlormoiic and C.dh- 1 olios,