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THE FBOPOSKD JTEW IYDIAH POLICY. The Indian Affairs Committee of the Senate has agreed to report for passage an original hill designed to cover the entire range of the Indian question, based upon the principle that the United States should abandon the policy of treating Indians as Children, and place them as speedily as possible upon the footing of citizens. The main features of the plan are, first, the permanent localization of the Indians by allotting homesteads to them in severalty, with a provision that the lands shall be absolutely inalienable for 25 years second, the extension over theni of the general civil and criminal laws of the United States, or of the States and Territories in which they live third, the continuation o» a certain degree of assistance to them by the Government until they become «w»lfsustalning. It is not proposed to transfer the control of the Indians to the War Department, but the hill will largely divest the Interior Department of discretionary power by placing them under the control of general laws. Commenting on the proposed change if method in dealing with the Indian tribes, the Philadelphia Record says: 'It would unquestiouably.be the wisest Indian policy to recognize the members of all the various aboriginal tribes as American citizens. The maintainance of the mistaken theory that regards them as aliens and deals with them, not through the ordinary jurisdiction of the laws, but by special treaties as foreign powers, has resulted in innumerable mischiefs. These compacts are a reduttio ad ubnttrthim of the treaty power, and they are continually modified or set aside by the government, they are looked upon by the Indians themselves as only so many ropes of sand, and the white emigrants to the far West instinctively disregard them. Home effectively consolidated her authority by admitting the inhabitants of her conquered provinces to Roman citizen* ship. Thus in all parts of her colossal empire, there was but one power for nil. The United States may profit by ihe shrewd statesmanship of that example.' The Indians snouid be dealt with, not as tribes, bttt as individuals. Their lands instead of being massed in reservations for whole tribes, should be divided among them in severalty. The investiture of this long oppresses race with citizenship would be an act of national justice which we can well afford, and which has been too long deferred. It would make each Indian personally responsible to the laws, with the same rights and amenable to the same legal penalties with white men. We have enfranchised the negro, why not emancipate the red man? It would be the first step toward the civilization and consequent preservation of a most interesting race, which is otherwise doomed to extire extinction."

THX NXXT SENATE.

The following is a list of United States Senators whose terms expire on the 4th of March. 1881

N. Booth. Republican, California. W. W. Eaton, Democrat, Connecticut. T. "F. Bayard, Democrat, Delewarc. C. W. Jones, Democrat, Florida. J. E. McDonald, Democrat, ludiana. H. Hamlin, Republican, Maine. W. P, WUyte, Democrat, Maryland. H. L. Dawes, Republican, Massachusetts.

F. C. Baldwin. Republican, Michigan. S. J. H, McMillan. Republican, Minnesota.

B. K. Bruce, Republican, Mississippi. F. M. Cockrcll, Democrat, Missouri. A. 8. Paddock, Republican, Nebraska. W. Sharon, Republican, Nevada. T. F. Randolph, Democrat. New ,Tcrfcy.

F. Kern an, Democrat, New York. A. (3. Thurman, Democrat, Ohio. W. A. Wallace, Democrat, Pennsylvania.

A. E. Burnsldc, Republican, Rhode Island. J. E. Bailev, Democrat, Tennessee, 8, B. Maxey, Democrat. Texas.

O. F. Edmunds, Republican, Vermont. R. E. Withers, Democrat, Virginia. F. Hereford, Demociat, "West Virginia. A. Cameron, Republican, Wisconsin. If Kellogg, of Iiouisana, le permitted to retain his seat, and the Democrats lose one in Connecticut, one in New York, one in New Jersey, one in Pennsylvania and one ta Indiana, the next Senate will stand 88 Democrats aud 88 Re publican. The seven Northern and West era Democratic Senators who hold over are Grover and Slater, ©f Oregon Farley, of California: Davis, of Illinois Voortiee.% •f Indiana Pendleton, of Ohio and Me Pherson, of New Jersey. Judge Davis is counted, for fce Is a Democrat for all practical purposes.

The people of Virginia are determined that the name and lame of Stonewall Jackson shall not pass out of the public mind. Anew county has just been formed to which the name of Stonewall has been given, and that of Jackson Axed upon for the county seat.

earners throughout the city at JO cent* the iudgaictit consequently wiis, ia^ Violation lit mliid void.

Is the Court of Common Pleas, at New It Is not that which which human e4 fairow on a case fori

6sen del! fednesitted as

ques-

kle conducted a(case for fore Justice tn^ersofl an* appeal to the Court of Common Pleas

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person to conduct a ease who was not reg-

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An Ohio Pearl Fishery.

A letter from Wayneeville, Ohio, to the Cincinnati Commercial, says: "The pearl fishery of the Miami riVer has become an industry of considerable local interest Since our well known banker, Israel Harris, made a market for the gems, thus affording a lucrative occupation to many who would have been otherwise uitemployed. Since 1836, when the celebrat? ed Everhart pearl was found, but little interest was taken in the pearl-making mussels until last year, when Mr. Harris gave afresh impetus to the business bv offering to purchase any pearls which might be found. The resnlt is that he is to-day the possessor of more than a thousand pearls of all sizes and degrees of value. They vary in color and brilliancy, as iu size. Home are tinted pink, others blue, and some have a gleam of golden green, like the color of a peacock's featlier. The largest is not always the iiuest, for soma of tlie small ones sparkle almost like diamonds.

His test acquisition, which lie calls the Kohinoor, is an agatized pearl,found two mouths ago by Mr. Jesse Van Dusen. It weighs forty-six and a half grains. The ground-work is beautifully agatized, with the pearly iridescence shining through. Itisthe oniv pearl of the kind in p^arl history, a fiiatory which dates back ai least two thousand years, for the Ceylon fishery has been known for that length of time. Being the firet of the kind, its value cannot be estimated. It is singuar, too, that it was found imbedded iu the flesh of the mussel all others taken from this river were found between the flesh and the shell.

The Miami river contains more thnn forty distinct varieties of the mussel, yet but one produces pearls. Twenty years, ago tlie British museum sent a Professor White over here to explore the Miami for what it would yield in the way of shells, and such was the result of his discoveries asto mussels.

Pearls are frequently found imbedded

in the shell nor or tney always round. Mr. Harris has a variety of odd-shaped ones, some resembling human hands. He has also a small shell, found in a mussel, which during its imprisonment received the pearly coating.

It is his intention to classify all and

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them in cases, so .that all so desirmay see them, thereby adding another interesting department tohisrareand valuable geological co lection, which is jiow the finest private one in the U. B.

Advice to Professional Men.v To professional mon, men of bushiest and, indeed, all who are engaged in pursuits requiring more or less severe mental labor, coupled with more or less confinement, exercise is, of course, so to be recommend ed. The fact is obvious (says a writer in the Nineteenth Century) that I need not dwell upon it farther than-to make one remark. This is to worn all such persons that feelings are no safe guide as to the amount of muscular exercise that is requisite for maintaining full and sustained health. By habitual neglect of sufficient exercise the system may, and does, accommodate it-

Belf

to such neglect

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eiian^ih"o

thatnotonly may

the desire for exercise cease to be a fair measure of its need, but positive exhaustion may attend a much less amount of exercise than is necessary to long continuance of sound health. However strong and well, therefore, a man may be notwithstanding his neglect of exercise, he ought to remember that he is playing a most dangerous game, and that sooner or later his sins will find him out, either in the form of dyspepsia, liver, kidney or some other disease, which so surely creep upon the offender against nature's laws of health. According to Dr. Parkes, the amount of exercise that a healthy man ought to take without fatigue is at the least, time which is requisite for raising 160 foot-tons per diem. This in mere walking would, in the case of a man of ordinary weight, be represented by a walk of between 8 and 9 miles along level ground, or one mile up a tolerably steep bill, but it is desirable that tlie requisite amount of exercise should be obtained without throwingall the work upon one set of muscles. For this reason walking ought to be varied

constitutes the most perfect form creative exercise.

WHAT NOT TO KILL.-—Hie

French Min

ister of Finance has done a good deal in causing a placard to be posted, which it would be wise for citizens of all countries to have before their eyes. It tells farmers, sportsmen, Doys, and others whai creatures not to kill, as follows:

Hodge-hog—Lives mostly on mice, smAll rodents, slugs and grnbs—animals hurtful to agriculture. Don't kill the hrdge-liog.

Toad—JKarm assistant he destroys twenty to thirty insects per hour. Don't (ill the toad.

Mole—la continually destroying grubs, Jarvie, pahner-worma and insects injurious to agricu .tare. No trace of vegetation is ever found in its stomach. Don't "kill the QKle.

Birds—Each department loses several millions annually through insects. Birds are the only enemies able to contend against them vigorously. They are the greai c&tterpillar killers and agncuftttfal mssifctants.

Lady-bird—Never destroy, for tbey are the best friend of farmers and horticulturists, and their presence upon aphis ridden plants is beneficial

Is apparent, not known and told, portion of

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A Peculiar Sermon.

One evening rentur^ ago a party of

rollicking-yotrt*«»-4tt fewghmd

A SERMON

caught a,.

monosyllable I must therefore, as necessity enlorceth me, divide it iuto letters, which I find i,n my text to be these four, vie.:-M—A—4»—flV——

M—my beloved, is Moral.A A—:is Allegorical, L—is Literal, and T—is Theological. The moral is well jsetjbrth to teach you Kusticks good manners whereforer M—my masters, A—all Of you, L—leave off T—tippling.

The Allegorical is when one tiling is spoken of and another is meant now, the thing spokon—off -is Malt, but the thing meant is strong Beer, which you liustcks make: M—meat, A—apparel. L—liberty, and T—treasure,

Tlie Literal is, according to the letters M—much. A—ale, L—little, T—trust. Much ate and IitUe'trust.

The Theological is according to the effects which it works firstly, in this world: secondly, in the world to come.

At first, its effects are. in some, M— murder,in others^A.—adultery, in all, L— looseness of life, and in many, T—trea-~ son. Secondly, in the world to come, in some, M—misery, in others, A—anguish, in some L—languishing, and in othc rs, T—torment.

I shall conclude the subject, first, by exhortation: TVherefore, M—ray masters, A—-all of you,' L^-liaten, T—to my 'i of caution: There-

text. Secondly, by way fore, M—masters, A—all of you L—look for, T—the truth. And thirdly, by communication, which is this,

A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty the spoiler of civility the destruction of reason the robber's agent the ale-houses' benefactor the constable's trouble his wife's woe his children's sorrow his neighbors' plague his own sham0|-r-walking awfli4ttfaf4he picture of a beast, and the monster of a man

WHAT ONE SHOT DID.

A Tyro's Shooting Experiences.

ONE SHOT WHICH BROUGHT MANY DUCKS, AND ANOTHER WHICII RE8UI.TKI IN3' A DUCJOATO.

My taste for gunning and field sports was not inherited from my father, nor either of mv grandfathers,none of whom probably ever fired gmr at game or a mark a dozen times iu their fives,} but nevertheless I have had that taste ever since I was an eight-year-old, and as I iUjproach the old age of youth the taste does not diminish, thouKli indulgence in it is necessarily .restricted by circumglances.

My first experience in field sports dates back to 1846-7, when my "big brother," then an ardent Nimrod and good shot, used to let me accompany him in his expeditions, to carry game. Many a mile I trudged along with him, sometimes overloaded with a variety of small game, forgetting weariness in the excitement of aeeing him shoot, ami watchiiig the intelligent performances of his spannel dog,Sailor, the best retriever I ever saw. And one clay, when allowed to take my brother's double-barrel gun and fire my first shot at game, which was duly "bagged," my exultation knew no bounds. Said game waa a big "sucker," lying motkmleaain the shallow water of a creek where they abounded, and wa* promptly brought to shore by Sailor. All was game that came in his way. I have seen him catch a dosen live suckers in a very abort time, when they were going over tlie riffles, and manifest as much ride in the performance aa though they been mallards.

Later on, after I had become tolerably proficient in the use of alight singlebarrel gun at stationary game, my brother bought for me a little double-barrel, which waa something of a curiosity. It waa about 16-gauge, with twenty-two-inch barrels, and on the left side of tlie stock was a "cheek" after the fashion of French and German makers. It wrn said to be a German gun for boar hunting, and on the right hand barrel waa secured a spring bayoiaeti: which, when not in use was turned down along the barrel, and secured W a catch. When wanted lor action, .milling a trigger released it and it would flop oat with considerable force, and another catch would secure it in that position. After a while it got toe easy on the trigger, and one day flopped out when I was loading, hitting me on the wrist and injuring me quite badlv so I had it removed.

Manv hoars' sport had I with that life* end I used to

nna Thnaft whinli nonded-oa aocarat»^*m

spring from crushed affections and anni- At that time I was also the owner or hiialefippes fi%m retoeaaBptri$6 and

carrots.

clergyman who was .on his way home One afternoon from*fc Tisit-tcrthe- sick,-arid "forcing him into the stump of a hollow tree, refused to let him go until he had preached a sermeuilromAlext they would give him. On his consent, they gave him the word malt. Several subscribers, mys the Ne\V* York Jourxud OaBunerc^ have asked us at different times to print thif iJis-

course. We searched in" vain for it in which settled down at every step, makall the libraries of the city, but remem- ing it very dangerous walking: but I was bering that we saw it first 'fifty vears ago determined to have a shot, and after in the album oTa IMy Tong~since gather- long and earful eflorts I at length reached to her fathers, we sent a notc to a ed a favorable point and peered through survivor of the fiunilv to usk if it wag!the bushes. still accessible. By return mail we re, Great Oesar, what a sight! The surceived the foHowing~copv:—- face of the bayou, not six rods from me,

MAI.T.

Beloved let me crave your attention, was absolutely covered with blue-winged for I am a little man come at a short no- U\nl, and more arriving every moment, tjee, preacli brief Jfttaion from a uiliu^ a few uuniUes to quii't myself, small text, to a thin congregation, in an unworthy pulpit. And noiy, 1113' beloved, my text is'Malt which I ^aunot divide into sentences, because thfcre are none nor into

quite hot

than dm En dist&ncpl co1 Ij overriled if|

arguing about

With

an Indian canoe—a primitive basswood

the i&iscon- dug-out, one end of which was so worm-

or neglect of those we love from eaten and dilapidated that I had to sit uuci uf ^11

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well astern to prevent being swamped. "In this craft, with my gun or fish-spear, I used to spend much of my time in the proper season—often when pater familku supposed I was hoeing corn or pulling

-I shall never forget it

—"well, h— e—r,"—I shouldered my gun and went for snipe along a bayou that wa» neairbv. Aitee bagging several, I 8 taa| flKp^of dackS W^re-aettfing tMie yi&ut4f fther iayc|tvabhe Half hktmf. lHi&e was a ttetiw?* gto%th of wild rice along the margin, and the grouud bordering it was merely a crust

for a space of several roils ui and down,

and also to watch their antics, I took good aim at about the center of the mass, and fired. Then as they rose I pulled the left-hatml trigger, when to my 11101-

into wordsjtTiere being but one nor tilioution, the cap snapped, but. the syllables, upon the whole it is"but a charge did not explode. I counted eleven ducks dead or dying, and three with broken

yings4

and hastened back home

Jbr iuy cauofi, and after half nu hour's hard paddling through the lily-pads, had the satisfaction of picking up the eleven.

but could not find the tlireo that were winged. Since then

have shot a great many

ducks, never so many at one shot, howjBvei'4 hut. iu tny ex perienee, 1 have never been (juiie so elated with success as

was then, when a lad of

fourteen, years. Ahotheir thne I made l^shot Igjhich might have resulted disastrously find 1 not b^,en a good swimmer, ptfy brother-in-law coining to visit at our house, loaded my gun with about the same charge used for ordinary-si zed guns, and essayed to shoot a hawk, bat roiling to get a shot, the gun remained loaded. The next morning being a bright^ still spring day. I took both spear and gun ana paddled up thehayou,ready for fowl or fish, as the low-land being overflowed, pickerel wore easily found sunning them8elV63 near the •BtttfW5«r^*-—

Paddling slowly along watching muskrat some distance ahead, I happened to glance to- my left and saw large pickerel lying perfectly still, his back nearly to the surface. He was a little too distant for spearing, so carefully "backing water," to stop tlie motion of the canoe, I fired at a point a few inches this side of him, so to speak, without reflecting that I was on my knees in a cranky craft, and that I was shooting sidewise with an overloaded gun.

The result was as might have been anticipated: the gun went whirling out of my hands to the right* followed by the writer head first. "The water was about three feet deep, And the mud at the bottom fathomless. I swam to the overturned canoe, righted it, secured the

Saddle

and spear, and pushed for land, ut a few rods distant, when I drew tlie canoe ashore, emptied it of water, took off my clothes, wrung them out, and hung them on a fence to dry. It

not quite late enough in the season to be agreeable sans garments, but by dint of running foot-races with imaginary contestants, I managed to keep warm, and after a while put on my clothes, and pudhed out in search of the gun. By this time the water had become clear, but I searched a good half hour before 1 saw anything of it and then but the smallest corner of the hutt projecting from tbe ooze. Taking my spear, I cautiously pushed it down until the tines touched the trigger guard, and getting a good hold there, brought it up, both barrels well filled with mud. I found the pickerel easily enough, with half hie head blown off, and have since been a little careful about how I shoot from a "tottlish" boat.

Many" of my boyhood's experience® crowd upon me as I write—such as every sportsman has experienced, and therefore, neither new or startling—but the columns of the Chicago Field are too valuable to be occupied with much such matter therefore I will close, hoping this imperfect sketch may serve to awaken recollections of "Auld Lang Syne," in manv a sportsman's mind.—H. E. ROUNDS in Chicago Field.

SLTPXRINTKNDEXT

E. A.

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nblished in the same paper, he said I not hope to receive your kind cooperation in carrying them into effect And added:

Mlt

is my dfesire that there should not be a single rule that will not help the school in some way. If any of them seem to you to be useless, or worse, I will be very glad to jalk over the subject with you. I especially ask thai yon will come and give me an opportunity to correct, if possible, wliat may seem to you objectionable."

And again: "When your child oome* home complaining that he has been wrongly treated by his teaclier, listen kindly to his troubles but before yon express an opinion, give his teacher an opportunity to be heard. This is hot justice to your child and his teacher."

What is tbe first bmrineas of one who studies philosophy To part with selfconceit. For it is impossible for aay one to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.

The "Sadden Frede" of 1836. OiiSfhe twentieth day of that year oc-

one of the most* remarkable plieever recorded iu the annafs of 11- Six years before, there had unusual fivll of snow, covering

the earth to the depth of three or four

fering among tho people. This ia always referred to as thfe winter of the ''Deep ^now^Tite-^Deup Snow* nnd thr"S!ufI den Freeze" mark the ^settlement of many families, tlie purchase of many

Xlie^sudJeii freese^wasCoccasioned in 1S36, as in 1879, by a current of extreuily cold air passing diagonally across Iowa, Illiuois, Indiana and Ohio, but it followed a narrower path and was more marked in its character than tlie latter. The cold wave that heralded Christmas '79, was more widely difltosed, and

though it swept down from tfie fkr northwest with great intensity, sending-the mercury down to fifty-six degrees belowzero in uorthwestern Minnesota, it lost most of its destructive force before reaching Iowa and Illinois. It also came down from tlie polar regions and- astonished tlie people of tha Pacific slope aud 3ptead out, in fact, in a grcateror less degree^ all over the United States.

The sudden freest© of IS3U was not perceptibly felt east of Cincinnati, and in Illinois and Indiana its width extended •frorr tMtawa Konth as far as Terre Hmtte.

Within that limit its effect was fearful. It came with a stonj* wind, accompanied by a heavy black cloud, and a roaring noise, not unlike distant deep thunder. Its velocity was al)out twenty-live miles an hour. The most remarkable feature of the phenomena was the intensity of the cold. Nothing like it has ever been known since!AThe wind in its fury and power blew the water into little sharplv defined waves, which froze as they stood, leaving the ponds, creeks and rivers crusted with -a very ronph cont ttf ioe. The snow, slush antlmud were suddenly congealed into amass strong enough to natain the weight of a team and igon. .omeof tho incidents related in th0 experience of people exjSc&ed to the storui an? almost incredible, hut well ntthi The storm passed over Burlington about ten o'clock in the forenoon, December 20th. We have no local record concerning the effect there, but across the river the people had some strnngo experiences. The early morning was warm and rainy or misty. The snow had melted to a thick \Vatery slush, and tho gutteis ami little streams were full of water. Men were about their daily avocations without their coats. Suddenly the cloud appeared. Its loud and deep notes of warning gave them hnrdlvtimerto grasp their coats and get to a placo of safety. utile, hogs and fowls were frozen in their tracks, unable to extricate themselves. Many died before help could come. Many persons wero frozen so severely that death ensued in a few days, ami others were crippled for life. The effect was terrible, and is best illustrated, perhaps, out of the many instances on record, by the experience of a gentleman living in Springfield, who was out with a drove of hogs when the storm came suddenly down upon thorn. They abandoned the hogs, and drove rapidly to a house a mile or two atfity When they arrived there,some had their hands frozen and could do nothing for the teams. Tho next day they started out to find their hogs. Coming to where they had left them, they found a pyramid of porkers. Tlie hogs huddled together when the storm struck them, those on tho inside smothering, those 011 the outside freezing. As tho wave pafaed over McLean county, it encountered a party of men working in the field, one of whom had with him a heavy overcoat. It had become rather wet with the mist, and as the wave came over, tlie party, its owner hastily proceeded to put

on. As I10 raised it over his head for that purpose the cold wave swept by, blowing the coat several feet from where he stood. It happened to light "head up and tail down" as he expressed it, where

GaWHAK, Of tllO

Decatur schools, published a «*roall folio entitled "Our Public Schools," in which he addresses a few words to parents. Among other things, referring ior (he "rules and regulations" of the schools,

stood arms extended, frozen as stiff as aboard. "Mav be you think that is a pretty tall story," remarked he to a crowd of companions to whom lie wai relating the occurrence. "Pretty stiff, I should remark," said a listener. "Stiff! I should say it was stiff, and if yo^ had been there and seen it, you wouhF believe it," answered the first one, Hot noticing the import of the remark.

Other interesting incidents are given concerning the "Sudden Freeze of 1830," to which, no doubVaomo of our oldfcr readers could add some valuable and entertaining contributions. The question naturally arises, "Is the Mississippi valley liable to any more sudden Irruptlffns )f the ico kings like the unheralded and 111 welcome invasion of 183C?

A Jiew Core for Wounds.

As «oon us a wound is inflicted, gel a little stick—a knife or lile-handlo «*ill do—and commence to tap gently on the wound. Do not stop for the Intrt, but continue until it bleeds freely and becomes perfectly numb. When this point is reached you are perfectly uafe^all that is necessary fs to protect it from dirt. Do not stop short of bleeding and numbness, and do not on any account

the opening with plaster. Nothing more than a little simple cerate on a clean cloth is necessary. We have used ajid seen this used on all kinds of simple punctures for years, ami never knew a iingle instance of a wound becoming inflamed or soro after this treatment. Among other caaes: a coal rake tooth going entirely through the foot, a rusty darning needle through the foot, a bad bite by a sucking pig, several instance* of file shanks through tbe hand, and numberless cases of rusty nails, awls etc., but we never knew failure of this treatment.

3IATCJI MAJS,—Match

inatsom be made

of ordinary sand paper, cut in circular and octagonal shapes, fastened upon pasteboard and bound with bright colored braids, a ring attached to each, anil the whole hung near the match Mia for we whenever a match is lighted" be uiislightly marks that dhfiiurest**iy wajla may, by this inexpensive rangenient, be entirely prevented Tfttfre should be one in every room in the house.