Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1889 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25, 1889.

t rat ire customs bill. Ne change was made in the present fee system. The clause relating to undervaluation, designed to restrict appeals. was passed over, but may be considered later. MINOR 3IATTERS.

Residents of Indiana and Illinois TVhosa Pension Claims Have Been Allowed. Pensions have been granted the following-named Indianians: Original Invalid Joseph A. Lingle (deceased), lndianaiolis; Aaron Vine, Wllllauasport; Peter Ilonecker. Fowler; Dennis Fpurrler, I ort V ayne; Jacob II. bcnnell, Jcfi'ersonville; Turner B. Horn. Indianapolis: (Jeorge W. Holbroolc, Richmond; loaac W. Iiichant. New Hebron: Samuel Mcfclwee. Farmland; Morris Htrausf, Monroeville. Increase William Iaml. New Lancaster; Terrell Anderson. Goldsmith; John II. Rout, Madrid; Elijah Pike, Bengal; Miron Bard, Truer City; Joseph Shady, Tocsin; Xaver Burnet, ashington; William F. Mattocks, Southport: EdireMU 11. Williain. Cortland; Walter Blakeiuan, Columbus; Iloniela Benner, Mount Vernon; Wm. Simmon. Tipton: John C. Narney, Cory: Thomas !ey. KnjrliAh; Walter J. Row, Franklin. lielssue William EckehotT, MillbooM n. Reissue and Increase Joseph Neff. Cirahara. Original Widow, etc. Pbbe Hall, former widow of Isaao Welker, Monument City; Elizabeth Winters former widow of John Frederick, Lafayette. W Mow. Arrears Mary "widow of Robert T. McCuUough, Washington. TO RESIDENTS OP ILLINOIS. Original Invalid Card ner Window. Bnda: Nathaniel O. Crowder, Bloomfleld; Oeo.L. Cornwall. Moline; Wm. It. Tiinmon. Catlln: Hainuel A. Ilendricks. Janette; Wm.II. Kernian, Macomb; Robert W. Ewlng, Chatham: Miles Greenwood, Hulllvan; Peter lierthold, Fayettevllle; Wm. II. Tucker, Blount. Increase Samuel W. HoptonstalL Toulon; Jas. T). Brooks, Western Saratoga; Joseph D. (Ulinan, McLeansboro; William Wood, Eouality; Mclvin Madison, Litchfield; Thomas II. Davis, Normal; William Chapman, Indianola; James Hazlett, Clayton: John L. Jones. Enfield; BenJ. F. Norris, Odin; Aaron McCauley, llock Grove; John Wheeler, Vandalla. Reissue and Increase James W.Fogg, Fana, Original Widows, etc. Catharine Dubois, mother of William tfommers, Wyoming; sisters of George Mosby, Coulters vllle and Grand Tower. - j Patents Issued to Indiana Inventors. Gpecl&l to the Indianapolis Journal. . Washington. -Dec. 24. Patents1 were granted to Indiana inventors to-day as follows: Herbert Barnard, Lotus, thill-couplinr; Goo. W. Freeman. Frankfort, combined buckle and snap-hook; Brenzon Doud, Chill, wiredightener, Theodore If. Haberkorn, Fort Wayne, combination valve for air-brakes; John M. Hind, Palmyra, napkin-holder, table attachment; Joseph M. Rhodes, assignor to 8. 8. Rhodes. Covinjrton, combined plate-holder and printing-frame; also, plate-holder lor cameras. General 'ott. Washington, Dec 24.-Tho Comptroller of the Currency has authorized, the First National Bank of Marion, IndMto begin business with a capital of $100,000. The Attorney-general has received the resignations of C. P. Black, attorney for the Eastern district of Michigan, and of L. L. McArthur. attorney of the Eastern dis- j trict of Oregon. Mr, Annibal Trice, the new Haytian minister to the United States, was to-day presented to the President- by Secretary Blaine. The usual complimentary addresses were made. To-day's bond offerings were as follows: Coupon fours, .$1,300; registered fours 15.000. at $1.-7. Registered four-and-a-halfs $2,000, at $1,045$. DAILY WEATUEU BULLETIN. Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 p. m Dec. 23 Cloudy weather and light rains during the night, followed by fair weather on Christmas day. GENERAL INDICATIONS. . Washington, Dec 24, 8 p. m. Forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday: For Ohio and Indiana Fair, preceded in northern portion by light rain; winds shifting to northwesterly; lower temperature. For Lower Michi pan Li ght rain, followed by fain colder; northwesterly winds. For Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and Minnesota Fair, preceded in Upper Michigan by light snow; lower temperature; northwesterly winds. For North Dakota Fair; easterly winds; warmer, except in extreme eastern portion, colder. For South Dakota Fair; lower temperature; northerly winds. For Illinois Fair; lower temperature; northerly winds. Local Weather Report. Indianapolis. Dec. 24.

Time. Bar. Iher. li. II. Wind. Weather. IYe. 7aM. 30.28 47 03 S'east Pt cloudy 0.01 7 p.m. 30.11 03 79 8outh Cloudy T

T Trace of precipitation. Maximum thermometer, CS; minimum thermometer, 32. Following Is a comparative statement of the condition of temperature and precipitation on Iec. 24: Tern. Free, Norm ah 30 o.li Mean 52 0.01 Departure from normal 22 0.10 Excess or deficiency since Dec. 1... 346 0.03 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. 13 C.27 Plus. General Weather Conditions. Tuesday, Dec 24, 7 p. k. Pressure. The storm area last night over Wyoming moved northeastward and is cen tral to-night, with 23.50, over Lako Superior; another low area, central to-night in Wyoming Territory, is moving eastwaid; a narrow high area, with S0.23 in Manitoba, extends southward, joining a hich central on the south Atlantic coast and extending over the southern and eastern portion of the country. Temperatures. In front of the low area over Lake Superior the temperature is very high: fiO and aoove is reported from northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, Colorado and Lake Erie southward; 00 and above from northern Texas, Missouri, southern Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio southward; SO and below from Minnesota, South Dakota and southern Montana northward; 10 and below in northern Montana, North Dakota and northern Minnesota: b.Mow zero from Manitoba northward, the lowest, 14 below zero, at Qu'Appelle, B. A. Precipitation. Light snow fell in Manitoba, North Dakota and Minnesota; light Tains from Lake Superior and the lower lakes southward to the Ohio. Cold Wate Coming. Chicago. Dec. 24. The Signal Service bureau is advised of the approach of a cold wave. It is now in Dakota and is moving in this direction at a rate which will land it here Wednesday or Thursday with a temperature of about fifteen decrees above zero. It will aiTect the States of Minnesota. Wisconsin and Illinois, and later will epread to the State eastward. St. Louis Gas-Light Company Sold. St. Loris, Dec. 24. The franchises, nrivileges and property of the Sc. Louis Gaslight Company were to-day sold at auction to the Laclede Gas-light Company for $4,(00.000. President McMillan, of the Laclede Gas-light Company, was tho only bidder. ana tne sale was at once rati tied bv Ire.si ' dent Thompson, of the St. Louis Gas-light Company. This means that the Hallins tyndicate secured the rrize without competition. As there are 12.000 shares of stock in tho St. Louis Gas-light Company, and tho plant only sold for $4,000,000, the stockholders who did not sell to the trust will . receive only $oS3..V) per share. . They were formerly offered a share. Charged with Altering Check. New York, Dec. 21. John Williams, secretary of the l'amel-Conley Iron and Steel Company, and also reprewuting tho Uuited States Sealed Postal-card Company, at C.J0 Broadwaj. has not been seen at his ollice in three weeks, and business men who know him say he is confined in an insane asylum. Edmund Huerstel. treasurer of the BamelConley company, had obtained an attachment against Williams for $4,000. mouey loaned. In his afijdavit Mr. Huerstel alleges that Williams, as secretary of tho KamelConley conipiny. willfully and fraudulently altered check. and appropriated the money to his own use. Enough Ouall for a Lifetime. Baltimokk. Dec. 2l.-Carroll S. MarGill to-day linUhed his task of eating thirty y nails in thirty days, and won his wager, lie began on Nov. !, ami each morning since reported at the same place and partook of the quail, lie says hereafter the iiiail and himself will be strangers, as he hai had enough.

INDIANA ASD ILLINOISNEWS

OneManKilledandAnotherFatallyShot by a Stinesville Saloon-Keeper. School-Book Law Again Declared Ineffective "The Crusade" Celebrated Hnntin? for a Kidnaped Wife Family Killed. INDIANA. Double Murder at Stinesville, the Result of a Drunken Quarrel. Special to the Judlaiiaiollt Jonmau Spencer, Dec. 24. This evening, at Stinesville, Monro county, a fatal shooting affray occurred. Jinks Eaton, of that place, and Jim Douglass, formerly of Mar tinsville, were in the saloon of George Buskirk. All had been drinking, and a quarrel ensued. Buskirk grasped a shotgun and emptied both barrels, one charge tearing tho top of Eaton's head oil' and the other taking effect in Douglass's side and arm. Douglass may die. Celebrating the "Crusade." BdwIaI to the Indianapolis JourosL Crawj ordsville, Dec. 24. The W. C. T. U. of this city observed the sixteenth anniversary of the commencement of the women's temperance crusade, at thfi Christian Church, last evening. Tho exercises were opened by Dr. ,Martha Griffith, who read The Leader's Story;" Miss Lou Iliatt read an essay upon the 'Woman's Crusade;' Miss Sibbett read "A Greeting from One Crusade Mother;" Mrs. M. D. Britts recited "A Retrospection by Mother Stewart;" Miss Flora Darter recited "Who Is a Rock Save OneGodT" Miss Irnogene Brown read an essay on "What the Crusade Meant," and Miss Louise Brown recited the "Poor-house Man." The meeting closed with the singing of the hymn "'America." Were Secretly Married. Epeclsl to the Imli&napolU Journal. Wabash, Dec 24. Much surprise was caused here to-day by the announcement that Walter Tyer, son of Alexander Tyer, a well-known retired merchant, was secretly married, on Dec. 4. to Miss Alice M. Lowe, an estimable young lady of Springtield. O. Theceremonv was performed in this city. The couple had planned a surprise on their friends, but expected to he married on Christmas day. Aged Farmer Hangs Himself. . Recl&l to tho iDiUan&DOUs Journal New Castle, Dec. 24. Jesse Rollette, an aged farmer, living seven miles west of this city, committed suicide by hanging himself, yesterday evening. He was sixty-one years of ape, and lived on the farm, with his wife. He had been in poor health for several years, which, together with some financial troubles, caused him to commit the rash act. Considers It a Iead Letter. Bpecial to the Indianaiolis Journ&L Kokomo, Dec. 24. Judge Waugh, of the Howard Circuit Court, handed down his decision to-day in the school-book case, refusing a mandate compelling trustees to sell the books. While he does not dispute the right of the Legislature to provide what books shall be used, ho holds that the law is deficient in its provisions to accomplish its purposes. AVlll Sink Oil Wells. Special to the IuUanspolis Journal Montpelier, Dec. 34. The citizens of this city, having never been fully satisfied as to the extent of drilling for oil in this vicinity, have concluded to give the field -a fair test, and have just completed an organization known as tho Northern Indiana Oil Company, with a paid-up capital of $o.000. Drilling will be commenced soon, with a dcterminatien to sink five wells, even if nothing good is found. Alleged White Caps Acquitted, fpeclal to tho Indianapolis Joarnaa Martinsville, Dec. 24. The jury in the celebrated White-cap case, brought here from Monroe county on a change of venue, came in with a verdict of not guilty, after being out since 4 o'clock yesterday. The jury stood eight to four on the first ballot for acquittal. Soon three went over to the eight, and the other held out until 10 o'clock this morning. Seeking a Kidnaped Wife. fSnecial to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Dec. 24. John L. Richmond was in the city to-day in search of his wife, who, he claims, was kidnaped byoue Hackney, and brought here from Kentucky. He is considerably worked up, and very anxious to reclaim his better half, who is secreted somewhere in the city. Mine Accidents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Knigiitsville. Dec. 24. Frank Barra, an Italian miner, had a leg broken just above the ankleby coal falling on him in the Jumbo mfne yesterday morning. Mr. Barra is a resident of this place and was married but a abort time ago. At the same mine and on the same day an unknown man was seriously injured by falling slate. . Minor Notes. Cy Thompson, of Peru, has been adjudged insane and taken to the asylum at Logansport. Logansport traveling men have formed a branch of the T. P. A with C. M. Taylor as president. Six townships in Madison county, on Monday, voted to purchase toll roads centering in Anderson. The semi-annual meeting of the Mitchell District Medical Association will be held at Seymour Thursday and Friday. Hiram Bermish, aged sixteen, of Jennings county, fell under a moving train, at North Vernon, and both legs were cut off. Seymour business men have formed an association, with Charles Leininger as president and F. S. Collins secretary, "White Cloud" and his band of patent medicine Indians were attacked by a mob of roughs at St Paul. Several shots were exchanged, and a number of the attacking party were seriously injured. Rev. Gilbert E. Farr, for the past three years pastor of the First Baptist Church of South Bend, has received and accepted a call to the First Baptist Church of Dubuque, la. He will enter upon his pastoral duties there Jan. 1. William S. Roll, of Jeffersonville, is one of the Roll heirs mentioned in a dispatch to the Journal from Newark, N. J., where tho tindiug of a missing document in an old mirror validates their claim to much valuable land in the Mohawk valley. He is poor and rather skeptical as to the outcome of the pending litigation. Rev. G. W. Switzer. of the Methodist Church at Crawfordsville, is just recovering from what Dr. t. L. Ensminger, the attending physician, pronounces the genuine inilnenza, or "Tyler's grip." For over a week Mr. Switzer was suffering with a severe and peculiar cold, was sneezing almost continually, and had a headache, with fever. ILLINOIS. Husband, Wife and Child Struck by a TrIn and Killed. "Wilmette, Dec. 24. Three persons lout their lives in a railroad accident here tonight. They wore J. D. Revell, formerly station agent at Wilmette, and his wife and child. While crossing the tracks the three were struck by a passing train. Centenarian Dead. Springfield, Dec. 24.-Ellis Wilcox, of Island Grove, this county, died at his home last night. He was over one hundred years old, having been bom in Davidson connty, Tennessee. Aug. 12, 17;, and w ith a single excepnou was lueomesi. uiuu in Sangamon county. He remained in good health and in wouderfnl possession of his faculties up to a few weeks before his death. llrlef Mention. The safe in H. A. Oenning's book store at Quince was blown oneu Sunday night. Tho

burglars secured about $T00 in cash and $6000 in stocks and bonds. The work was evidently done by professionals. John Buchanan, a farmer of Lawrenceville, is under arrest charged with defrauding his creditors. Myron W. Tinkler,' of Decatur, was adjudged insane Monday, and will be taken to Jeflersonville at once. Mose Coflman. a Qnincy consumptive, who cut his throat and wrist with a razor Sunday night, died Monday morning. A fatal disease, resembling pinkeye, has broken out among the horses owned by the Railsback brothers at Miuier, and six have already died. A monument has been placed over the Krave of the late President David L. Tressler, of Carthage College, &t Carthage, by the tit n dents and alumni of that institution. Mrs. Defenbangh, the wife of a carpenter living two miles from Peoria, in Tazewell county, committed snicide Sunday night by cutting her throat with a razor. She had been in ill health for some time.

BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. J Q. Preble Co., Wholesale Stationers, of New York, File an Assignment. - New York, Dec. 24. Jacob Q. Preble and Walter E. Preble, composing the linn of J. Q. Preble &. Co., the wholesale stationers, of Thomas street, made an assignment today to lawyer Thomas S.Bassford, without preferences, except wages of employes. The amount of notes held by banks in this city is said to be $350,000. and this is distributed among twenty banks. Messrs. Preble were surprised to-day to learn that the Sheffield heirs had entered judgment for SoO.000 against J. B. Sheffield & Son. the judgment being hied at Kingston. " "" Other Failures. Chicago. Dec. 24. The Chicago Trnst and Savings Bank sued tho Chicago Globe Company in the Supreme Court, to-day, to recover 2,f00 on promissory notes. At the same time it brought suit against A. S. Patterson, the business manager, and H. V. Reed, for 4,000 each, claimed to be on notes. Charlotte, N. C Dec. 24. C. A. Dixon & Co., clothiers, 'of this citj. made an assignment to-day. Liabilities. $25.00). JLt is thought the assets will equal the liabilities. New York, Dec. 24. H. L. Muller & Co.. cloak importers. No. 83 Greene street, and at Berlin, assigued to-day to Welcome b. Jarvis. Losses by Fire. Special to the InHianapoUs Journal. LaPop.TE, Ind., Dec. 24. The round-house of the Chicago & West Michigan railroad. at New Builalo, Mich., burned last night, together with threo locomotives. Loss, about $25,000; insurance unknown. The lire originated in the oil-room. New Buffalo is at the crossing of the above road with tho Michigan Central. Philadelphia. Pa., Dec. 24. Fire tonight in the buildings No 9. 213 and 245 Arch street, occupied by M. S. Hager, boots and shoes: Kerry & Co., lamps Chesterman & Co., fancy brass-ware; V. C. Kandolpb, ivory goods, and Hunter it Dickson, metal supplies, caused damage estimated at $10,0OO. The loss is covered by insurance. Havana, Dec. &. Four thousand barrels of coal oil, belonging to a gas factory here, were burned to-day. During the tire three persons were seriously injured. Changed Her Mind and Eloped. St. Joseph, Mo.. Dec. 24. The elopement and marriage of Miss Lilly Reed, a prominent young society lady of this city, and Arthur Harlett, formerly of Wellsville, Mo., at present an attorney of St. Louis, is announced. The young couple started out, Sunday evening, for a buggy ride, and were not heard of until this morning, when the young lady's tarents received a telephone message from eavenworth, stating that they had been married. Miss Reed was engaged to be married to a prominent wholesale dry goods mau of St Joseph, and her runaway marriage caused general surprise. Swept Overboard by a Heavy Wave. Yaquina City. Ore.. Dec. 24. The steam schooner Farallone, commauded by Capt. Bonitield, alter being towed across the bar to-day by the tug Resolute, was struck by a heavy sea, which carried , .oyer? board chief engineer PugsleyC .,,a cabin boy and three sailors named Fratik Johnson, Charles Dickinson and William Brown. The sailors drowned before assistance could reach them. They were all young men and natives of Sweden. The chief engineer and the cabin boy succeeded in catching some wreckage and were rescued by the tug after being in the water some time. . They were nearly exhausted. Silcott in MontreaL Montreal, Dec. 24. The police authorities here have discovered Silcott, the absconding treasurer of the United States House of Representatives. Accompanied by his paramour, Herminie Thibault. he arrived in Montreal on Saturday, the 7th inst. Herminie went to the house of her married sister, Mrs. Lemoyne, on Saugninet street, where she remained until Friday last, when she left for New York on an early morning train. Mrs. Lemoyne, when seen, denied all knowledge of Silcott, but her husband admitted that he had been a frequent visitor at his house. The New York police have been notiiied of Henninie's journey to that city. Sl Ml-ed Paris Green with Her Father's Food. Dover, Del., Dec 24. Lewis Ilansley, colored, near Felton, objected to the j'oung man who was paying attentions to his daughter Sarah, and threatened her with chastisement if she continued to receive his visits. Sarah, who is a very bright mulatto, concluded to get rid of the old man, nnd yesterday she mixed Paris green with the molasses he ate on his buckwheat cakes. Sarah was lodged in jail. She admits her guilt. Hansley died to-day after suffering intensely. The girl does not seem to realize the enormity of her crime. The Bargain Emporium Swindle. New York, Dec. 24. A warrant was issued to-day for George E. Collins, alias John Jones, who constituted the firm of Billings. Camp tv. Co., the National Bargain Eiuporinm. and ho was arraigned before Commissioner Shields this afternoon. He waived examination and was committed to Ludlow-street jail.n default otB3,0U0, to await the action of the federal grand jury. Collins says he will plead guilty to any indictment and throw himself on the mercy of the court. Texas Intimldators in Custody. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 24. The 9:30 train to-night brought in fifty prisoners from Fort Bend county, under escort of United States Marshal Dickenson and posse of deputies. These, with twenty-three other citizens or tort liend county, were indict ed by tho federal grand jury here for violation of the civil-rights act for runniug citizens out of the county, while twenty-six besides those charged are indicted for mur der. Cronln Jury Bribery Conspiracy Indictments. Chicago, Dec. 24. A new indictment for consDiracv to bribe Crouin iurors has been returned by the grand inry against John E. Graham, Al Hanks, rred W. Smith, Salomon. Jeremiah O Donnel. Thomas Ka va nagh and Joseph Konen. It differ only in form in more careful andtechnical phrase ology and ampler counts from the omnibus indictment returned by the special grand i- i a.: ... a1 v jury wuicu iai iu eBiiKaieu iue conspiracy. Qbltnarx. London. Dec. 25. Charles Mackay, LL. D.. the well-known author and iour'nalist. is dead, aged seventy-tive years. During the civil war in America te resided in New orkas correspondent of the London Times. London, Dec 24. Herr QuenstMt. the eminent geologist, died at luebmgen, A urtemuerg, to-day. ' Murphy and Welch Are League Men. Pperial to the Inlltnai)olis Journal New Yokk, Dec. 24. Mnrphy and Welch have agreed to the terras of the New York League club for next season, and will sign contracts in a day or two. , Two Suicides in Utah. Salt Lake, Dec. 24. To-day the body of Albert Reiuhold was found in his room on Commercial street, in this city, ho having committed suicide with poison. This eveniug. at Provo, Willie Turner, son of ex-Sherill Turner, committed suicide

by shooting himself through the body. He lived but a few minutes after tiring the fatal shot. lie had been drinking. Tombstouea for Johnstown's Unknown Dead. Johnstown, Pa.. Dec. 24. J. L. Smith, a marble-cutter, departed for Philadelphia to-night, to purchase three car-loads of marble tomake headstones forthe unidentified dead, and seven car-loads for the identified buried in Grand View Cemetery.

Eloped with a Negro. Holdex, Mo., Dec. 24. Mrs. Malvina Still, wife of au employe in the Missouri Pacific railway shops hero, eloped to-day with Henry Bucklin, a full-blooded negro. Both leave families. AN OLD MEDICAL BOOK What Our Great-Grrat-Grandfathers Suffered at the Doctors' Hands. Beading (Pa.) SpeciaL Dr. J. R. Johns, 1014 Oley street, this city, has in his possession a great curiosity in the way of a medical book, which shows how they practiced medicine a couple of hundred years ago. It is a small octavo of about eight huudred pages, discolored by time. Such, however, was the excellence of the binding and the general mechanical execution of the book that it is still intact; the ink is but little faded, and with care it will last 500 years more. The volume was printed in London in the Princes Arme, St. Paul's church-yard, in 1713. It is called Bate's Dispensary. It appears from the title page that this is the fourth edition of the book, the first of which was published in 1693, and that was a translation from the Latin, by William Salmon, M. D., of a collection made some time in the unknown past by James Shipton, of the recipes of the celebrated Dr. Bate, who lived in the time of Shakspearo and Elizabeth. The volnme in onestion is dedicated "To the Most High and Mighty Monarch. William III, King of England. Scotland and Ireland." The hook contains several thousand recipes and formula, a complete index and A catalogue of physick books." One of the great recipes of the book which is much spoken of and mentioned on the title page is the celebrated Goddard's drops, invented by Dr. Goddard, physician to Charles I. Following are the directions for compounding this remedy: "Human bones, or rather skulls well dried, break them into bits and put them into a retort and join thereto a large receiver which Inte well, and distil first with a trentle tire, then with a stronger, increasing the tire gradatim; so will you have in the recipient a phlegm, spirit, oil and volatile salt from the sides,, then close your receiver and set it in tho earth to digett for three months; after that digest it in a gentle heat fourteen days, then separate the oils, which keep for use." It is stated in the remarks which follow this recipe that it may be madeof the bones of any part of the human body, depending npon the part that is intended to be treated. In another place it is said: "These drops are of an ill and foetid smell, bnt, being made of sculls, are an excellent thing against the falling sickness (tits), as also against apoplexy, lethargy, vertigo, megrim, headache, earns, palsies, convulsions." A dose was to be given before dinner and before going to bed. Another remedy that is exalted by the author is jusculum galli, or cock broth, which is prepared as follows: Take an old rooster well wearied with running till he falls down, pull off his feathers, stuff the body with proper ingredients; then boil them in fountain water for live or six hours till the flesh is ready to fall off the bones, and strain out for use. It is recommended as good for consumption, hecticks and grief of spirit The dose is two or three quarts a day. Another good cure for consumption that is recommended is cakes made of flour and the powdered llesh of vipers flavored with sarsaparilla. A remedy for what the author calls "the breeding of teeth" is a mixturo made of male peony root, henbane root fresh gathered, cut into ronnd pieces and worn by the teething child round its neck as an amulet. That tho author, was something of a believer in faith cure is shown by his remarks on the use of this amulet. He says: "But for such as have faith in the thing (and I know not bnt that faith may do the whole work) they rany put it about their children's neck and Tet them wear it as long as they are breeding their teeth. If in this time tho child should be cross, or froward and peevish with the anguish of its teeth-cutting, the parent or nurse must wholly blame themselves (and not the medicine) for that they were people of little faith." That eating crow was not unknown in those days is shown by the following formula for curing fits. It is called the Antiepilepttrick crow. The formula says: "The greater crow, deplumate and eviscerate it. casting away its feet and bill; put into its belly the heart, liver, lungs, bladder of the gall, with galangel and anise seeds. Bake it in a now earthen vessel well shut or closed In an oven. After it is closed separate the flesh from the sides of the bones, and repeat the operation of baking thewcondor third time, but taking great care that it may not be burnt; then reduce it into a fine powder." The author regards this very highly, and says: "That there may be a more excellent composition than this we doubt not." After recommending it for the falling sickness he enters into a learned disquisition as to the kind of crow that is meant. t There is a cure in the book for every possible disease and affliction, and evidence is furnished by the nnmerous marginal notes that the formulas of tho book have often been used for the cure of the ailments of past generations. An Unfortunate Millionaire. Philadelphia Press. A tall, erect man, of forty-five years, strolled along Chestnut street, yesterday, idly looking at the passers-by who thronged the thoroughfare, tie wore a derby hat, a dark top-coat, and carried a stick of the most approved pattern. His clothing was cut in the latest style, and his heavy Vandyke beard proclaimed him to be a man of fashion. For convenience ho may be called Mr. Clinton, and he lives in New York. Mr. Clinton was left an orphan, with $60,000 income, when he was fourteen years old. Since then he has been everywhere, and has sceu everything, lie has made two trips around the world, has hunted silver-tips in the great divide, and has killed tigers in the jungles. He has been on a Polar expedition, and has tramped through portious of South America. Mr. Clinton is at home in Siberia, and would not be lost in Hong Kong's crooked streets, let, as he said last evening, he is the most miserable man on earth. He never married because so many girls lay in wait for his money, thus making him very suspicious. Ho doesn t know what to do now to kill time. Ho is by no means un known as an ethnologist, and is an author ity on certain gases. He is musical and fond of pictures and books. But every thing bores him. J ust now he is especially melancholy. Last summer one oi his cous ins was taken seriously ill. ana a nurse from Philadelphia was called into renuisi tion. The nurse is a magnificent siteciinen of womanhood, tall, lithe and agile, posse s- , . . 1 , " M. M sing eyes, anu Teem, ana nair xuai penectly channed young Mr. Clinton, who has been all over the world. Her manners and conversation captivated him. He fell in love, proposed and was rejected. Since July he has been "getting miserabler and miserabler," so he says, and has proposed twice more io ine nurse. ' Household Hints. Pnal-fftr onrl land . mi rrl tnirpfhpiv mulr a good cement for stopping cracks about chimneys. Mice sometimes set fire to houses by nibbling friction matches. The matches should be kept away from the mice. Roast a lemon without burning, and when hot tuongh cut it and squeeze out tho juice, which can be sweeted to taste. Dose, a dessertspoonful when a cough is troublesome. A curious mantel aquarium may be made, for example, by propping up an ordinay finger-bowl with slender sticks, and piling snugly around it the tiny rocks, tucking acorns here and there in the intersticenand strewing small autumn leaves over the rocks. Conceal the edge of the bowl with layers of dried moss, fill the glass with water and little gold fih, and you have a miniature pool that will recall visions of some nook you have met with in your outdoor ram bliugs. CouRTMiirf average three tons of coal each and tore of bad i-onlis and colds; but then every prudent gallant is provldid with a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough yrup. which coat only 25c. All our city fathers say, "Use Salvation Oil the greatest cure on earth for pain." Price, Itfo

WHO IS THE SECOND LADY?

An Anxious Inquirer Who Desires to Know the Exact Social Itankof Officials' Wives. Milwaukee Rent In eL We observe that onr esteemed contempo rary, Mr. Russell B. Harrison's illustrated newspaper, speaks of Mrs. Thomas B. Kecd, wile ot the' Speaker of the House, as me second lady in the land.'' We are not at all up in this sort of thing, and for the most part we are willing to accept Mr. Harrison as authority in matters pertaining to social and socio-oriicial rank. But in this case we cannot see why Mrs. Morton, the wife of tho Vice-president, does not rank as the second lady. There cannot be two second ladies in the land. The nation is nnvr more, than a hundred years old. and if we are to go in forthe formal recognition of social rank through official connection, if we are to arrange an official aristocracy, we ought to get it straieht and orderly. We think that Mrs. Vice-presidentess Morton is the second, lady in the land, and we say it without any feeling against Mrs. Speakeress Reed, who is the third lady in the land. We speak of Mrs. Morton as the Vice-presidentess and Mrs. Reed as the Speakeress because Mr. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution, spoke of Mrs. Cleveland as the Presidentess while she was in the White House, and we intend to be just as persistent for the rights of Republican officials' wives. There are still many disputed questions as to the social precedence of the wives of officials and of lady officials. It is mostly plain sailing as to the wives of postmasters. There is no doubt, for exaniple, that the wife of Postmaster Skaggs. of Gridley, is the l,5Clst lady in the land, because that is the rank of the postoffice over which her husband, who alsodealsjn general groceries, presides. Bnt how about Miss Dinah Johnson, the colored postmaster at Eola, La., over whose appointment the New York Evening Post has been so agitatfdf If she takes her rank from the rank of her postoffice she is the 55.767th lady in the land. But being herself an official and not merely the wife of an official, should she not rank above those who are merely officials , by marriage! We do not know. However, we all remember the reply of the woman whose husband was made a corporal in the militia. The children asked: "Ma, are we all corporals!" "No," she replied, "only me and your pa.. This would 6eem to show that the wile is as much of an officer as the husband, even a little more. This involves the questiou whether the wife of the deputy-janitor of a government building takes rank as a lady in the laud, above the woman who is personally engaged in scrubbing the floors of the same building. These pressing Questions should be discussed soberly and without heat or prejudice. V THE DUTCH SCHOOL OP ART. Striking Characteristics That Make the Works of Rembrandt and Others Unmistakable. Milwaukee Sentinel To relate the facts concorning nature and not to prove theories, seems to have been the principle (so far as there was any f riuciple) of the Dutch school of painting, ience its contempt for and ignoring of all that which was not stnetly true in artistic imitation. The Dutch painters labored to seize and render exactly every fleeting aspect of nature rather than to seek to compose something that existed only in the imagination and was therefore liable to be false and absurd. Nature was their only source of inspiration but it was nature seen at the best advantages and in a manner which would give rise to artistic reproductions. They were clof e imitatorsof nature, but thev so familiarised themselves with every phase of it that they knew how to select and arrange with a view to the most effective, ingenuous and picturesque results. It was because of this that they succeeded in interesting the spectator in the most commonplace things, by displaying in the most, striking manner their intrinsic beauty. Thus their interiors, even their kitchen interiors, where tho plates of porcelain, pots of stone, kettles and other'culinary utensils of copper and brass which) glistened in tho light, were invested with incredible interest. They painted for painting's sake, and had no such essential principles as had to be handed down from generation to genera tion, eventually resulting in tradition. 1 hey had no tradition, and consequently no mannerism. Master and pupil alike had to work out their own salvation in art; consequently all who amounted to anything at all were original, and those who went abroad gen erally lost their originality The greatest of all the Dutch painters Remrandt never left his own country. Dutch art lived by its own vitality, and was independent of foreign iniluence. It belonged to the soil upon which it grew. This originality is of great worth in art. In Italy each great painter had a host of so-called pupils, miserable imitators and mannerists from which there now results great uncertainty as to the authenticity of many works. This is not the case with the' Dutchmen. Every one was distinguished by his original character and his own personal manner. Gerard Douw would never to be taken for Van Ostade, nor Metsu for Jan Steen; Paul Potter does not make one think of Albert Cuyp; nor Kuysduel of Hobbema. Each of these painters has a very distinct individuality, easy to recognize. This quality, peculiar to their country, a country where the imagination, like the conscience, enjoyed an absolute freedom, is one of the reasons why Dutch pictures have been so highly prized in modern times. In the Italian schools it is otherwise, the works of some of its most celebrated masters being often contested. Here one is not always sure of what one has. Even the museums cannot guarantee, with- ' out they have a direct and certain tradi tion, all their Raphaels or Iitiens, and people do not readily give $50,000 for a picture that may be an imitation or a copy. But with the Dutch there is no dauger of making a mistake. Tho "Jane of Aragon," attributed to Raphael, in the Louvre, is believed by the greatest authorities to bo by Giulio; but tho "Dropsical Woman" is entirely and uniquely Gerard Douw, and not at all of any other master. When once a Dutch picture has been recognized, it can never be mistaken. Making the Dairy Fay. Governor Hoard, at Wisconsin Fanners Institute. In 1S72, he said, he commenced his efforts to improve the dairy industry of Jefferson county. At that time there was scarcely any choice butter made in that county. Dairies were small, but by the adoption bf proper methods, those small dairymen soon began to make money. The question asked was answered there where the small dairymen did make their cows pay. The solution of the problem by others depended entirely upon the intelligence and methods adopted and practiced by the dairymen. One of the important secrets to understand was the notions of the man whoe money was to pay for the butter. To learn just what kind of butter the market demanded and then produce it make just the quality of butter the market wanted. The next important feature was to have the class of cows which were adapted to the production of butter, cows that were capable of transforming food into butter fat, then so feed that the cows might be able to produce to their fullest capacity. The best grain ration for a cow, the Governor said, was one hundred pounds corn-meal, two hundred pounds ground oatsand fifty ponndsof bran, allthorougbly mixed together, and feed what the cow would properly assimilate. Keep cows warm, stables clean and sweet and well ventilated, treat cows kindly at all times, handle the product intelligently, and the 6mall dairyman would find that his cows paid, tiet good cows, be a liberal feeder, an intelligent handler of the product and a wise salesman, and there was no danger but profit would result. The importance of having warm water for cows in winter was clearly illustrated by the Governor. Wash Your Own Silk Handkerchiefs. Philadelphia Inquirer. "White silk handkerchiefs are going like hot cakes," said a salesman in oue of our largest emporiums a few days siace. "Yes," he continued, "since the fashion of working the monogram or initial with the tresses of the giver has been revived they are having a greater run than ever." Now very many gentlemen prefer silk to linen the year around, and these moucboirs then become most important items on the laun dry list. If given into experienced hands no trouble need be feared, but too frequently the most expensive ones aro intrusted to the tender mercies of a careless washer-woman, who succeeds, without the slightest trouble, in converting theso dainty articles into perfect frights. From 6iiowy white.to a jaundice hue is but a short step, and is as ofteu the result of ignorance as of carelessness. Let a silk handkerchief once lose its silken purity and becomeyellow and drawn, and it ceases to be in auy way attractive. Now, this can easily be avoided if the mistress of the household will take these deli

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O, lira Aboolutoly Puro. This powder neTer varies. A marrel of purity strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com petition with the multitude of low test, short- weifht alum or phosphate powders. Bold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 10G Wall street, N. Y. cate pieces of silk under especial care. Curd soap makes an excellent lather. The waters into which a little blue has been squeezed, should be warm, not boiling. After rinsing first in lukewarm then in cold water, wring in a dry cloth and roll tightly. Be sure when bnt half dry to place between a cloth, and iron the right way of the silk, and you will find that these moucboirs will retain their pristine beauty the year around. The Legal Status of Natural Gas. Bradstreers. The question was involved in the case of the Westmoreland Natural-gas Company vs. DeWitt et al., decided recently by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, whether the possession of certain gas on leased land went with tho possession of the land. The complainants had put down a well which had tapped the gas-oca ring strata, nnd it was the only one on the land. They had it in their control, having only to turn on a alve to have it How into their pipes for ready use. The court held that the fact that they did. not beep it flowing, but held it generally in reserve, did not aftect their possession any more than a mill-owner atl'ects the continuance of hisi water rights when he 6buts down the sluice-gates. The court said, "Water, oil and, still more strongly, gas, may be classed by themselves, if the analogy be not too fanciful, as mineral ferae naturae. In common with animals, and unlike other minerals, they have the power and tho tendency to escape without the volition of the owner. They belong to the owner of the land, and are part of it so long as they are in it. and aro subject to his control; butwhen they escape and go into other land, or come under another's control, the title of the former owner is gone. Possession is not necessarily possession of the gas. If an adjoining, ' or even a distant, owner drills his own land and taps your gas so that it comes into his well and under his control, it is no longer yours, but his. And equally so between lessor and lessee in the present caso the one who controls the gas has it in his grasp, so to speak is the one who has possession in the legal, as well as the ordinary sense cf the word." Some Recipes. Broiled Oysters. Take large, fat oysters, lay them on a board, dry, and season with salt and a little cayenne pepper; have the gridiron very hot; lay the oysters first in melted butter and then on the gridiron; let brown on one side and turn; take up in a heated dish on which is melted butter. Pie Crust A good rule for plain pastry for family use is one-fourth as much shortening as flour, whether it be butter, lard or drippings. Work the shortening thoroughly into the Hour, and add a little salt; wet with ice-water, using as little as possible to make the crust rolloutconvenientlyf mix quickly, avoid unnecessary handling, and hake as soon as the pie can be preunion fcoups. A contributor in an exchange says: I believe I made at least a dozen different onion soups. At one time a pint bowlful of onions were simmered till tender in a pint of water; then three cupfulsof hot milk were added, with seasoning, and a slight thickening, and the whole passed through a sieve into the tureen. This we called "bisque of onions," and served it with thin wafers. Made in tho same way with stock instead of milk, and without straining, it gives quite a different soup. The stock can be made from tW bones of a roast of beef, or from those of mutton or veal chops. Two or three onions cooked with a quart of beans for bean soup quito changes its character, and gives a pleasant variety to those who are fond of the article. The same with split peas. A pint of sliced onions and another of sliced potatoes, cooked as above, with milk instead of stock, is a delicious soup for a cold day.. For a spring day, add cupful of chopped onions to a quart of some delicate stock, such as veal or mutton: simmer till tender, and add minced parsley and seasonings. ' DePauws New President. GrecccasUe Times. Although a comparatively young man. Dr. John is to-day one of the foremost men of tho West in mental breadth and strength. His rapid rise in reputation and popularity, and the esteem of the secular and church world is attributable alone to his native worth and ability. Vouchsafed physical health and strength, his own future and that of the university now under his leader ship, is radiant with promise. Probably no president in its history has ever comelnto the management of tho affairs of the institution with such a unanimity of popular good will and favor in his support. Tho demonstration by students and citizens in the Doctor's honor upon his return home from the board meeting, last Thursday evening, was a sufficient evidence of this fact, and augurs well for an auspicious career. Wild Horses of the Sierras. Grass Valley Tldinjrs. There is said to be a large band of wild horses, led by u thoroughbred known to the stockmen as the "Outlaw Stud," ranging between Trnckee, Nevada county, and, Pcavine, Nev. Years ago the stud, a tin racer, escaped to the mountains, and has since defied capture. By d?sperat riding stockman manage to get into the band every year and drive out the colts. Tho horses range on the highest pcakK, beyond where cattle or sheep often go. They only go to water ouco a day, and then in singlo file down tho mountain trail as fast as they can run. '1 Ley go back at their leisure, feeding by the way. A Thermometer of Prices. Tims. Miss Beacon Street I never can tell which is "up town'' in New York! Aunt Elizabeth You can tell by the prices of things. As you go up town you will find the prices also going up. m ' ' Farm Notes. If the frost has heaved up the wheatfields, due to the ground being very wet, the roller may be passed over the held as soon as the ground is sufficiently dry for that purpose. The housewife who makes a practice of giving fowls a mixed mess of warm mash and vegetables, with scraps of meat and crumbs of bread, will quickly discover that it is superior to an exclusive diet of grain for poultry. The injury to seed-corn in winter is not due so much to exposure to extreme cold as to the corn not being perfectly dry. Seed corn should be kept in a dry place. wher dampness caunot reach it, and the cold will then have but little etlect on it. . An editor of an agricultural paper recently saw this way of keeping an uuruly bull in a pasture: A stout strap was fastened around his horns, and to this was at tached a chain about live feet long, which ran through a ring placed in bis nose to a large block of wood on the ground. While this prevented him from getting out of the pasture, it permitted grazing in any part of the field. A writer in Farm and Fireside says that the onion is oue exception to the general rule of rotation. They do fully as well on the same ground year after year, and if you cultivate clean and never let a weed go to seed in the fall, after a few years you vriy have very little trouble with weeds. But every fall before plowing tbe ground should receive a good coat of we ll-rotted inauuxo or compost frea, from weed tei

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