Daily News, Franklin, Johnson County, 4 March 1880 — Page 3

DAILY NEWS

THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1880.

Food of Man.

Iti« erroneously aaserted that (he Esquimaux of the polar zone may sulsist exclusively for months upon tJie blubber of the seal and whale. It Is supposed that their stomachs have become completely modified, that pure oil afford 8 to their system all of the needed nutrition. While it is true that their chief diet is of a nature which would be fatal to the inhabitants of lower latitudes, yet it is generally overlooked that meat and other nitrogenized matters form a considerable portion of it.

The sea^ and the rivers Of the north emptying into it, literally teem with fisb. They are caught in immense numbers, "irnd either dried or solidly frozen at tho s^vent of cold weather, when they re-m.-JLi well enough preserved for all'purpohlyj of nutriment for many months.

I hiring the nights of their long winters, when the aurora borealis only plieds its mystic light over the wide waste of frozen deserts, the reindeer is actively hunted, and its flesh, which is almost devoid of all fatty matter, forms a welcome addition to the meagre bill of fare of the Esquimaux. A little later, wlien ilte twilight of the equinoctial sun heralds the advent of the coming short Hiunmer, the birds of passage, governed \y their uncontrollable breeding impulscH, arrive in dense clouds, and their eggs as well as their young afford a subKtuntiul repast for them} lonely inhabiluiitH of icy regions.

How different again is not the life of man in the tropical belt? We have wutchcd time and again the native tribes

Western Africa at their daily meals. I'lftty prefer starchy to oily food, and will reject all the delicacies of the white man in preference to a dish of coarsely hulled rice, a little over half boiled. This plain dish, which, like our wheai, i,H their stair of life, is eaten on the average three times each day. It is seaHoned with a whole handful of burninghot small Cayenne peppers, which are masticated and digested without any inconvenience. It seems, in fact, as if they afforded a necessary stimulant for a lileral How of the gastric juice, which would not well secrete otherwise. Certainly the golden physiological rule, to avoid all excess of irritating condiments, is set by these jwople at broad defiance, and they will accumulate tissue as rapidly as if fed upon tho most nutritious liood.

Occasionally this uniform diet is varied by more or less of fish and poultry. The former fairly teem in most of »l the African rivers, and are but indifferently cured, since tho great heat of tho climate does not admit of perfect preservation. In this condition they area putrid mess to the nose of the visiting stranger, who views with astonishment the gourmandizing proclivities of those natives. A disgusting and intoxicating liquor is also prepared near the coast from tho juices of the cocoanut, which is offered to their guests as a special treat. Farther inland this primitive mode of living is varied by the products of tho cattle, and milk, and even butter, are by no means novelties to their daily bill of fare. It appears that moat of some sort or other is a needed article of diet among all savages, ^whether they inhabit the tropical or jo%tr zones. On tho Amazon river the nmudioca supplies the place of tho rice used in Africa, and nuiuy species of wild fruits are substituted when tho crops of this nutritious food are a failure. Notwithstanding its general consumption, there is a great craving for animal diet of any kind. All living things of,the air and water are devoured indiscriminately. The tail of tho alligator is esteemed a great luxury wherever this musk-scented reptile occurs big snakes are eaten bodily, and the iguana, a huge lizard, is as greata luxury to them as the murrain to the ancient Romans. The whites themselves settled in South

America have learned to value the latter. Wo remember ourselves, with delight, the many excellent stews prepared from this long-tailed scaly game, which combines the flavor of the chicken with tho tenderness of

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given turtle and tbr

fVog. Near tho Madeira river In proper season thousands of turtles deposit their eggs in the sands of tho manv islands dotting the surface of that noble stream, and then the natives have a great holiday. The eggs are collected in immense quantities, crushed up and allowed to settle in a pnlpy mass, ujion which a yellow, delicate oil gathers, which is skimmed oH* and used tho same as the olive oil of Spain.

It is applied inside and outside^ and by no means verifies the idea that oily matters in tropical latitudes are injurious to the system. Where snakes, turtles, and alligators are rather scarce, lis in the Llanos of Venezuela, the natives there become addicted to a pure meat diet. This is also the staple article of sustenance for the herdsmen of the so-called catnpos on the mouth of the Amazon,» which represents tho l.lanos on a small" ftonlo. It is noticeable that this diet increases both mental and bodily vigor, acven to a certain degree of wrocity. \1 though we were fortunate enough to escape being involved in an* ditftculties with these people while among hem, yet we had to exercise great care in our dealings with them. They would liave quickly resented any harsh usage, while a seasonable, Judiciously administered rn4 upon the refractory heads of the vvifeiartan Indians of the upper

Amaxon produced always without any remonstrances on their part all desired results* Professor Huxley asserts that meat diet increases the red corpuscles of the blood, while vegetarian diet diiiiuishes the same, and a liberal amount

Lthese solid constituents of the blood lv tend to develop more or k*a the ferticious as well as tho intelligent tmits of human nature. It is certain that the svfttem falls into a languid, lymphatic condition when meat is not supplied, while robust natures cannot sustain at any length of time their force without iU

The Vmrinirt Stale debt is $$"3,000,000. iiid steadily growing. With no set hack it ought to reach a billion bv lUrtO.

DAILY XEWS POT-POURI.

"I feel sore this hat's not broad enough, in the brim, Aunt Jemima!" "What does matter, child I Look at me I I put on anything'" .»*• -t

A friend of ours was once on board of a schooner wind-bound fn the Bay of Fundy. Speaking of it afterwards to an. fold lady friend, she exclaimed: "WindI bound, were yon Why didn't you take wme saftron tea ?—it's the best thing in the world for wind I"

Tho every-day cares and duties which men call drudgerg are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of time, givI ing its pendnlnm a true vibration, and its hands a regular motion and when they cease to hang upon the wheels, the pendulum no longer swings, the hands no longer move, the clock stands stilL

The san Is a tailor, for it sets and makes the close of each day.— Whitehall Twm.

It is a good thing that the collar of a stove pi {Hi don't need buttons, else the trouble would never end.—Fond du Lac Hurler.

Pt&ple often talk of the proud man's scorn. But, after all, the proud man's corn is not more tender than the humble man's.—Toronto Grip.

When a man iias a lot of shop worn goods in his store which he has tried to sell until he is all out of patience, he marks them "Job lot."—Boston Journal of Commerce.

Standing Bear is the name of a Westtern Indian. We don't think the authorities should iermit him to remain standing bare all winter, unless the weather is miU\.—Steubenrille Herald.

When he was asked why he did not dodge the ephemeral egg that struck him on the ear, he replied that he wished to show his audience how gracefully he could bear the volk.— Hnckensunk Republican.

A new use has has been found for many a youth's head-piece, the utility of which had heretofore been questionable. It is discovered that such young men's heads are primarily intended to keep their necktie from slipping off.—McGregor Neva.

Owing to tho cus'orn of dying the hair blonde, the guesis of our cheap boarding houses are unable to note the changes among the female help as accurately as formerly, the hairs in the hartt being of it more uniform color.—Meriden Recorder.

A distressing accident is thus chronicled by a Wisconsin journal: "A sad accident happened to the family of John Klderkiu on Main street yesterday. One of his children was run over by a market wagon three years old with sore eyes and pantalets on that never spoke afterwards."—Eli Perkim. "My dear," said a prominent-coal-man in this city the other morning, as he turned over for another snooze, "see what the thermometer is." Out of bed his obedient spouse crept, and replied, 'Thirty-seven, duckiedear." "Telephone down to the oflice at once, darling, to the clerk to advance the prtce flftv cents. God help tho poor!"—JBaltimore Every Saturday.

We do not like to find fault with Father Noah we believe he did the very best bo could under the circumstances but liia posterity would liave been just as well satisfied had he pushed off and left, a pair of rats on the wharf— Middletomi Transcript.

There never was such a prospect/fo^, a terribly hard winter. The gooeeibdne is black clear through the corn husks are thick enough for shingles New Zealand is asking for more missionaries^ and

boarding bouses are cutting their pies in nine pieces.—Middlctown Transcript. "Where would we bo without woman?" asks a writer. Its hard to determine just what way the majority would drift, but some men we know of would be out of debt and out of trouble, and a good many more out at the seat of their breeches.—Otnrego Record.

The boy who doesn't leap over seven hitching posts, kick a lame dog, snatch a handful of navy beans in front of everv grocerv store, knock over a box or two,"and work the handle of every pump on the sidewalk on his way home from BcHool, is either lazy or, does noli feel well.—Keohtk Gate €tty.

A New Jersey artist claims to have discovered an original Turner in a farm house in a Jersey town. He thinks it is a Turner, because after ho had turned it around several times he couldn't tell whether it was a winter scene or a portrait of an old man.—Meriden Recorder.

The Duly of Husbands*

The first duty of husbands is to sympathize with their wivesinall their cares ami labors. Men are apt to forget, in their perplexities and anoyances of business, that home cares are annoying, and try the strength and patience of their wives. They come home expecting sympathy and attention, but are too apt to have none to give. A single kindly word or look, that tells his thoughts or her and her troubles, would lift a weight of care from her heart.

Seceondly—Husbands should make confidants of their wives, consulting them on their plans and prospects, and especially on'their troubles and embarrassmen is, A woman's nlultion is often better than all his shrewdness and wisdom and all her ready sympathy and interest is a powerful aid to his efforts for their mutual welfare.

ing, and cheery, happy existence. Above all, men should beware of treat-

ing their wives with rudeness and inciyi'ity,naif they were the orey Jptrtoas not entitled to their considiBNIiott n6d respect. They should tender feelings, and their nefctloff pathy, and never let the fire of love go out, or to show that the flame ia burning with unabated fervor.

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Thirdly—Men should show their love for wives In constant attention, iu their manner of treating them, and in the thousand and one trifling offices of affection which may be hardly noticeable, but which make all the-diflferenee be- Sni tween a life of sad and undignified long-

Wtai They Are nut wfcjr Um Peauicar nulla— «lwiil V«te far itaair To the PeopU of Indiana:

Seven important amendments to the constitution of Indiana have been agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses of the Genera! Assemblies of 1877 and 1879. and by an act of the last General Assembly, approved March lOih, 1879, these said amendments are to be submitted to the electors of the State of Indiana for ratification or rejection, at an election to be held on the nrst Monday in April 1880. The law providing for the submission of these amendments to the electors of the State enacts that "The Secretary of State shall procure ballots of blue paper on each of which shall be printed the proposed amendments, and below each amendment shall be printed the word 'Yes' in one line, and in another line the word 'No that any qualified elector may vote for or against any amendment by depositing one of said ballots in the ballot-box. If he intends to vote for any amendment he shall leave thereunder the word 'Yes' and erase the word 'No^ by drawing a line across it, or otherwise. If he intends to vote against any amendment, the won! 'Yes* shall in a like manner be stricken out and the word 'No' left and if both words are allowed to remain without either of them beiug so erased, the vote shall not be counted either ay." These amendments are designated by numbers, and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (I and 9, numbers 7 and 8 having failed to receive a majority of the votes of both branches of the last General Assembly. The ratification of each of these amendments is of such vital importance to the future well-being and prosperity of the people of Indiana as to justify a special etfort in their behalf by every one having these objects at heart. They are mainlj' confined to the subjects of economy and honest elections.

AMENDMENT XO 1.

Amend section two of article two so as to retui as follows: "Section 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every male citizen of the United States of the age of 21 years and upwards, who shall have resided in the State during the six months, and in the township GO nays, and in the ward or precinct 30 days immediately preceding such election, and every male of foreign birth, of the age of 21 years and upwards, who shall have resided in the United States one year, and shall have resided in the State during the six mouths, and in the township GO uays, and in the ward or precinct 80 days immediately preceding said election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside, if he shall have been duly registered according to law-."

As the Constitution now stands, no fixed period of residence is required in a town ship or ward before voting, and no barriers against fraudulent voting can be maintained. When this amendment is adopted, one whose vote is challenged will have to swear that he lias been a resident of the township 60 days, and of the ward or precinct SO davs. and thus the importation of votes and frauds upon the ballot box may be measurably prevented. No one can object, to this amendment who favors fair and honest elections.

AMENDMENT NO. 2

simply provides for striking out the words: "No negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage," contained in section five of the second article of the Constitution.

And thereby conforming the constitution of Indiana to the Constitution of the United States., The prohibition as it stands in the constitution of Iudiana today is a dead letter.

AMENDMENT NO 8.

Amend section 14 of the second article to read: "Section 14v All general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, but township elections may be held at such time as may tie provided by law. Provided, that the General Assembly may provide by law for the election of all judges of courts of general and appellate Jurisdiction by an election to be held for such officers only, at which time no other officers shall be voted for and shall also provide for the registration or all persons entitled to vote."

The arguments in favor of this amendment are mainly those of economy. The cost of holding a general election in Indiana is about 11,000 to the county, or nearly $100,000. By this amendment the State is saved the expense of double elections oir Presidential election years. But this is not all. The other States of the Union having nearly all changed the time of their elections to November, as long as Indiana continues to vote in October she assumes the heat and burden of the Presidential day. In 1876, counting money expended and time devoted to it, the October election cost the people of Indiana over f1,000,000, which expense was avoided by the States that did not vote until November. This amendment is clearly in the interest of economy and business prosperity. Business in the State is utterly demoralized for three months when the State is compelled to bear the brunt of the Presidential campaign.

AMENDMENT NO. 4

amends by striking the word "white" from sections 4 and 5 of article conforming the same to the Constitution of the United States.

AMENDMENT NO. 5

amends the 14th clauseof section 22 of article 4 to read as follows: In relation to fees and salaries, except the laws may be so made as to grade the compensation of officers in proportion to the population and the necessary services required.

This provision will enable the General Assembly to-grade the compensation of county officers and pay them in propor-

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Assembly the

take away from tfc* excuse now fees &nd salaries^ to such "officers, which out of all porportiea to the compensa on given for similar services to other vo^tions. We cannot see why it should with any opposition ftomtnc people.

AMKKDVKKT SO. ft.

The following amendments proposed towit: Amend section 1 of the 7th article to read

Section 1. The judicial power of the State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, and such other courts as tiie General Assembly may establish.

The words "such other courts" are substituted for the words "such Inferior courts," enabling the Legislature to establish other courts not inferior in jurisdiction to the Circuit Court, and to establish a perfect system of jurisprudence which will greatly reduce expenses and at the same time facilitate business.

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A2£KSDM£NT NO.

9.

No political or municipal corporation in this State shall ever become indebted, in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding two per centum on the valne. of the taxable property within said corporation, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness, and all bonds or olbigations in excess of such amount given by such corporations shall be void provided that in time of war, foreign invasion, or other great public calamity, on petition of a majority of the property owners, in number and value, within the limits of such corporation, the public authorities, in their discretion, may incur obligations necessary for the public protection and defense, to such amount as may be requested in such petition.

If this amendment had been passed 20 years ago the State of Indiana would have iK*en $10,000,000 better off to-day. There has been litearlly no embargo upon the schemes of plunder which have beset the towns, cities and coun'des of the State. This provision is designed to protect the taxpayers and Hmit the amount that may be assessed against them, aud to which these municipalities may be burdened with debt.

The Republicans of Indiana are fully committed to all of these amendments, and the better class of the Democratic party also favored them in the last General Assembly. Tliev are all measures of reform looking io tlie protection of the ballot-box and to the protection of the taxpayers of the State against excessive burdens. They should each and every one of them be adopted by the electors of the State by not less than one hundred thousand majority.

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The city Is divided into seven Carrier Districts, as follows: FIRST DISTRICT—FWD Tyler, Carrier.

North side of Main street, between 5th and 7th streets north from Main to city limits. Including to the alley between 7th aud 8th and to the alley between 4th and 5th streets also, 8th, 0th and 10th streets, north of 3d avenue.

SECOND DisTRicT—John Kuppenheimer, Carrier. The south side of Main street, between 5th aud 0th, and all territory between 5th and OH streetn south to the city limits, including to tl.i alley between .3d and 4th street* aud to tbe allev between OK and 7th streets also 7th street south of DemIng to city limits*

THIRD DISTRICT—James Johnson, Carrier. The south side of Main street, from the river to 6th street, and all territory west of the alley, between 3d and 4th streets south to city limits.

FOURTH DISTRICT—George A. Hayward, Carrier. The north side of Main street, from the river to 5th street, and all territory west of the alley between 4th and ftth streets, and north to the city limit*.

Firm DISTRICT -Frank M. Mllle, Carrier. The north side of Main street, from 7th to the old canal, between Otli and 10th streets, and all territory from the alley betweeu7thuud8thstreets east to the Vandalia ltR., north to 3(1 avenue, aud all territory north of the Vandolla RR., east of 10th street to city limits.

SIXTH DISTRICT—Isaac N. Adams, Carrier. The south side of Main, between 6th and 7th streets, from the alley between6% and7th streets, east to the old canal, sonth to Deming, and all territory cast on Poplar street and south to city limits.

SEVENTH DISTRICT—Louis Baganx, Jr., Carrier. Sonth side of Main street from 7th eant to city limits, Including the north side of Main, east of old canal bed to city limits, and all territory west, from Ninth street, east to city limits from Poplar street on the sonth to the Vandalia RR. track on the north.

Frank Sibley, Auxiliary Carrier, whose duty it is to make extra collection and delivery trips. REGULATIONS.

The mail is collected from street letter boxes on Main street from 1st to 18th stroets. north on 4th to Cherry, south on 4th to Walnut and south on 1st to Poplar, and Ohio street between 1st and ftth. every week day between 8.90 and9^0a m, between 0:30 and 10:90 a in, between 12:30 and S:00 in. [this collection includes to Poplar street on the south, and east to 13th,and north to Union Depotl between 2:90 and 3:30 m, between 4:80 and r:30 pm, and between 8:00 and 9:00pm. All other boxes arc collected from twice per day, between the hours of 8:00 and 10:00 a maud betweeu 1:30 and 8:90 ni.

There are five deliveries of mail per day in tho business part of the city: at 7:00 and 11:30 a in. 1:00, 9:00 and 4:90 pin also a delivery at 8:00 p. m. to such business houses as desire It, whose place of business is located between 3d and 7th streets and not more than one square from Malu.

On Sunday, the Post Oflice is |opcn from 9 to 10 o'clock a m, and persons desiring their mail can call at the window designated by the number of their carrier.

Sunday collections over the entire city Is marie between 4:90 and 5:90 m, and again in the bus! ness part of the city between 8 and 9 o'clock m.

Receiving boxes have been placed on every cor ner of Main street to enahto persons residing near it to avail themselves of the frequent collections made thereon with a very short walk.

Tbe attention of the public Is called to the great distance each carrier is obliged to walk,, and parties living a distance back In yards are earnestly requested to place boxes in their front doors or In such other convenient places as will facilitate the prompt delivery of mail. Carriers arc not allowed to watt longer than 90 seconds for an answer to a bell, and after waiting that long and receiving no answer, he roust retain the man until the next delivery. Carriers are obliged to be prompt, and to do their work qnickly, but under no circumstances to be impolite or discourteous, and anvsuch should be immediately reported to the Post Master. Persons owning dogs arc warned that unless they keep them tied during the day, carriers will not deliver their mail, hat tbev will be obliged to call at the office. N. FII.BKCK. P. M.

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