Indianapolis Leader, Volume 2, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1880 — Page 2

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about the "parpor Negro." lie does something t.b:i!d up the State, while they are se kit i: to tear down by inciting tho d .ng 'out elements to murder and riot. Hell will have'its own when thepo al: hoI preserved chaps get to the end of their ropo, and pass in their chveks for a find settlement. STAND BY YOUB FitlC v D.

Tho Der. oci its are raising a great huo and cry n'jout Hurry Adams. They aro trying to make it appear that there is a great disaffection among tnc ice uDiicans ana especial jy among l';o colored people toward Mr. Adanu. Wo have taken the pains to lo -k this matter up, and we know whereof we allirm when we sav that the Democratic chargo that SV r there is material disaffection among Republicans is simply v. Democratic campaign lio, started for the purpose of influencing a class of voters who aro supposed to havo no convicvictions, and whose only ambition is to bo on the winning side. Why should any Republican vote against Harry Adams? When the Nation's life was imperiled the bravo boy, Harry Adams, shouldered his musket, marched to the front and fought bravely through the war for freedom and Union. Not even tho Democrats have had tho temerity to assail Harry Adams' character for honesty. No one has ever doubted his competency. Not a single valid objection has ever been urged against his election. There aro not enough Democrats in Marion County to elect Dan Lemon Sheriff. He only hopes to win by the aid of Republican vote, and colored Republicans at that. Bat in this ho will meet with soro disappointment. Tho colored man who would vote against such a truo and tried friend of tho race as Harry Adams :.ud for a man whose wholo political life has been identified with the party that laid the lash upon the Negro'e back, robbed him of tho fruits of his labor, degraded, debased and outrage 1 him in every possible manner, the colored man who would thus, without cause, turn his back on the friend of his race and give aid and comfort to our enemies is un worthy of-tho right to vote. But there need be no fenr on this score. The colored voters of Marion Coun ty will to a man stand solidly Harry Adams, and the entire Repub lican ticket. ABE WE SLAVES STILL, P Democrats delight to taunt colored men with tho charge th t we aro tho slaves of the Republican party. "Well, if it is so, isn't it a delightful sort of servitude ? and aro there not thou sands and thousands of poor, maimed, wretched black men throughout our land who would give their existence to recall their slave lifo under the Democratic party and spend it in the service of the Republican party ? Let us contrast these two masters. Our Democratic masters loaded our limbs with chains and shackIes,scourged our backs with the lash, denied us the right to education, outraged and debased our women, separated families, tore tho babe from tho brokenhearted mother's breasts and forced her to turn her back forever on the child sho held dearer than life, freighted tho air with sorrow and sadness and groans, enforced ignorance, and fostered crime and prostitution and filled the land with maimed, wretched, homeless, hopeless men and women who through weary life will never cease to realize that man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn." This is but a faint picture of the infamous record of our democratic masters. On the contrary what havo our so called republican masters done. Well, they struck the shackles from our limbs and bade us stand erect, and breathe the air of freedom, they bujlt school houses and churches, they fostered virtue, industry and the home, they gave us the ballot, made us equal citizens before the law and taught us to entertain the ambitions and bopes that inspire other men to noble needs. Under Republican masters we have had Colored county and state officers, Senators and Representatives in Congress and foreign ministers. We enjoy the fruits of our labor, aro acquiring property and becoming prosperous and hippy. Tho clank of tho chain is heard in the land no moro forever, family ties arc respected and loved ones are no longer torn asunder by tho avaricious hand of the beastly "trader." Equal rights and equal laws sled their beneficicnt influence over til in every part of the land, except that part which is controlled by our late Democratic masters Is it slavery to bo identified with such a party and aro wo still slaves, who eijoy such glorious privileges? then qpeed the day when such slavery shall shed its holy influenco over every nun throughoutthe length and breadth )t our great country . Never can w4 cease to revero tho record of tho grand old Republican party and the noble men who have shaped its pdic '

VOTE AB x OU SHOT. Republicans of the North, and especially colored Republicans, who hold tho lnlance of power in several close Northern States, should remember that this is a moment of supreme peril in tin Nation's history. It is a public exigency of such momentous j import as to demand the serious at- i tention of every citizen who is patriotic enough to love his country, and desire to sec her honor stand untarnished and unsullied among tho formost nations of the earth... But fifteen years have passed away sinco the downfall ofa most infamous, damnable plot, concocted by a set of wolfish conspirators in human shape, for the purpose of perpetually robbing a race of peoplo of the dearest, most sacred, God given rights 'that of personal and individual libertyyet eome of these conspirators, backed by a solid South, with unblanched cheek, impudently demand that the Government of the nation they sought to destroy be turned over to them. Never did tho unscrupulous and ever ready buccaneer, or tho bloody handed highwayman, display moro boldness and assurauce in their thievish demands, than do these ex-rebel cormorants, in their demand that the reins of government bo placed in their hands. Aided and abetted by tho Democrats of iho North, they aro making a last desperate effort to win by assassination, outlawry, ledgerdemain , and murder, that which they could not gain upon the open field of battle. ' It now becomes the duty of patriots, black and white, to once more closo up tho ranks of the grand old party of freedom and the Union, and present to tho ex-rebel Democracy a front :is solid, as impenetrable, and resistless, as the ancient Roman phalanx. This year marks an epoch that is to bo ever memorable in our national history. It clos.es tho second decade since the expulsion from power of tho corrupt and treasonable Democracy; and it is also the year in which tho final struggle for the preservation of the fruits of tho war for liberty and the Union is to take place. There must be.no dallying, no lagging. Every man must do his duty. When tho integrity of the Union was in danger; when red-handed treason ran rampant in tho South; and when bloody, treacherous, and foesworn traitors, stood ready to stab tho national compact to the heart, the great North rose up in the majesty of her strength, and taught the Southern slave pirates that this Union "must and shall be preserved." This sho must do once more. Southern Democracy no more marching to tho battle-field as an armed host, is seeking to accomplish its aim by stealth. Every patriotic Northern man must fly to his post, and do his duty as he did twenty years ago. Let the watchword bo passed all along the lino, and let it be: "Vote as you shot." Why should not colored clerks be employed in stores, offices, and elsewhere, like other classes of people? Does anybody know of any good reason to the contrary? This is a question which claims the serious attention of thinking people of all

classes. "Our colored youtrTare being educated "just the same as tho white youth of the land, and their natural bent is to seek about the same occupation as do the latter, but they are met at the threshold of tho business world with the stern" command', "Enter not herein, except as servants." Teaching is about tho only employment, except manual labor or menial service, in which an educated colored man can engage. This is not as it should be, and we must find some means to remedy it. . Co-operative patronage of those business men who will employ colored clerks, is one way in which we can lessen the evil. Why should this not bo done? Let business men know that we stand ready to throw our patronage, solid, to those men who will employ our young men and j'oung women when they como out of school, and wo will not be long without recognition in business service. SENATOR BBUCE. It has been decided to give Senator B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, who is now in the State doing valiant service for the ticket, a grand reception on Monday night, at Bethel A. M. E. Church. The details have not yet been fully arranged, but it is probable that a great out-door meeting will bo held at tho Yellow Bridge, which Senator Ijruce will address, and that after the speaking tho people will repair to Bethel A. M. E. Church, where the Senator will hold a reception and be introduced to and- shake hands with tho people. The plans will be matured to-day and fully announced in tho daily papers and by posters. Senator Bruco occupies a peculiar position in this canvass and great w sight should attach'to what bo says.

The Senator is one of the ablest and best informed ofSouthern Republicans and is the sole Representative of the Negro race in the Congress of the United States. By an able, honorable and faithful performance of his duties during his Senatorial career he has won golden opinions from friend and foe; he has boon on the right side of every question ; he understands thoroughly the character and purposes of Southern Democrats and states them clearly and forcibly. The Senator deserves the gratitude of the race for tho good he has done by the dignified position and honorable distinction he has won and maintained among the most distinguished men of tho nation. We predict that tho meeting on Monday night will be one of the grandest outpourings of the colored people ever witnessedn Indianapolis The ladies aro especially requested to come out. Every Colored voter is expected to be present. The uniformed companies are all requested to turn out promptly and rendezvous at a place to be hereafter announced. Let every body take tTie matter in hand and see to it, that the Senator is given a welcome that will make his heart glad.

THE LEADER TIHJTKS. That Indiana will vote as she shot. That Seven Mule Barnum needs watching. That Mr. Landers will romain in the mule trade. That tho best plan is not to laugh about Maine at all. That this nation must not be ruled by whipped traitors. That the solid north will again knock h I out of tho solid south. That funds sometimes freeze to tho fingers of the "boss" who is to dispense it. That the result in Maine is a "now you see it and now you dont see it" business. That Greenbackers occupy tho unenviable position this year of assistant Democrats. That northern war democrats ought to fly higher than the tail balance to the 8 olid south kite. That hell has no furies equal to some of our "pauper" democratic editors when they get drunk. That the "paw paw" democrats of Kentucky should be kept out of Indiana on election day. That the solid south auxilliary bullwhacking, Kentucky Johnnies, imported to voto in Indiana, ought to be bounced. Eqnallt j How to Obtain It. Logansport, Ind., Sept. 19, 1880. To the Ed tor of the Leader: Will you spare me a small space in youi paper. As I was reading my Leader I found a piece headed "The New Struggle forJEquality." The way we can get equality : First, we must prepare ourselves for this step that we are about to take, and be sure we are right and then go ahead. If we want to become mechanics we must go and learn trades and study for that capacity, and we all know if two thirds of our people would learn sufficent to go ahead and conduct business in the machine shops and different branches of manufacture, we could put ourselves on equality with those of the white race and then we can come and cry, we want equality; then we are competent of holding such , positions. We think too much of learning the barber trade, and our next resort is waiting on table and cooking, and last of all working in livery stables. When we do away with this kind of labor we will be looked on as men. Parents study about putting your sons to learn a trade, don't, because he will say, don't like that,'' let him choose for-himself and after he has made his choice then put him at it. We also spend a great turn in buggy riding in place of paying our money for buggies. Let us take what surplus money we have and get up building associations. Now let us see further; What have we paid out for excursions and picnics this year? We will say, take the State of Indiana, and say between twenty-five and fifty thousand dollars. Now twenty thousand dollars would start a manufacturing house of some kind and would employ 50 or 100 or 200 colored men. Then wc could have started a joint stock company with the other thirty thousand and start a Common House in the city of Indianapolis. Then our white class will look on us as they do on the political question. S. M.Rames Down at Evanavlll. Communicated. You may talk about your greenback, and your dollar bill, but you should have been with us down at Evansville. We were visiting the Grand Lodge f Masons, and when we arrived there we were met bv a host of friends who spared no pains in making it pleasant for us. One place I must speak of especially; that is the house of our good friend Albert McCloud. At this place we. were asked to dine Thursday, (and we did dine you bet). We were detained a little longer at our hall than we expected, but we made up for lost time when we got there. I will give you the names of the parties present and you can judge for yourself whether they could destroy provisions or not. I will leave it to you if they were not coupled with the present ability to do the wovk if necessary; especially when such things as old Bourbon, claret, sherry, ale, oysters, chicken, roast beef, and everything else that is good. There were J. S. Hinton and Wm. II. Kussel, the gormandizers; Wra. T.Floyd, the man that could not drink soda water, you bet he could make it up in drinking wine. There was Henry A Kogan, who, when asked if he was fond of chicken, replied, ''slightly, but the bones always tickle my throat." Well, it is a good thing something tickled his throat, or chicken would have gone up twenty -five per cent, in twenty-four hours. I supposo you all know I was there, and could be seen among the spirits, by the spirits, and pertaking freely of the spirits. At any rate we shall never forget the hospitalities of Mr. Albert McCloud, J. D. Miller, Stephen Murry and Mr. Thompson. B. T.

CmomNAlTJ)EPABTMENT. AH communications ahoald be plainly written and only on on aid of the sheet. Correspondents' to be certain of inaertion must reach thla office not later Wednesday.

Cincinnati .Randoms. The Organ Concert given for the benefit of Mound st. Church, netted $36. The picnic given last Monday eve, at the Bellevue House was not very well attended. To cool. A large excursion left Cincinnati, Tuesday, for the colored fair being held in Lexington. Mr. Carl Nelson, a very clever gentleman of Chicago, spent several days in our city last week. . Miss Elora Bunch, after spending several weeks in our city left Saturday for her home in Chillicothe. The many friends of Mr. John Lindsay, are glad to welcome him back to our city again. Mr. George Hamilton has returned to our city again after spending the summer out East Mr. Fountain Lewis, jr. entertained his cousin, Mr. Carl Nelson, of Chicago the past week. - We h.d the pleasure of meeting Miss Simpson, a handsome young lady of Owensboro, Ky. . Wednesday was Kentucky's day at tbe Exposition, and it was well represented. The last picnic of the season was given at the Bellevue House Monday night. Mr. Will Smith is assisting Mr. Louis Lewis to deliver the Leader to. its many patrons in mo ijueen vuy, Mr. Powhatten Henderson and his ehrnting si3ter, Miss Ida, ofCleveland, wert Tili t ing here last week, and were entertained by Mi Alice Thomas, and Miss Fannie Adams. Mr. Robert Whyte, has returned .looking as handsome ever.' Mr. William Jones of Mt. Auborn, went to Cleveland, recently, and returned home delighted with his visit. Miss Callie D. Boyd will entertain Miss Mamie Kent, a very pleasant young lady of Wilber force shortly. The social dance given by the merry Knights last Thursday eve, was a very pleasant affair. The young ladies were all dressed to death in silk, satin and laces. Straw hats are called in. The Rev. Joseph Emery is filling the pulpit at the Union Baptist Cnurch, for the present. Mrs. William Buckner, of Walnut Hills, is vbiting in Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. N. G. Hubbard, of Gallipoli?, Ohio, was taking in the sights of the queen city last week. Mr Joe Kinnie and Wendell Liverpool, went up to Dayton, Sunday and had a fine time. Mrs. Eliza King of New Richmond .Ohio, has been visiting Mrs. John Bunch the past week. Miss Alice Thomas will have for her guests next week, the Misses Wilson, two very handsome young ladies of Cleveland, Ohio. The handsome Mr. Ben Harris has returned from Saratoga. Mrs. W. W. Dunlap, of New Richmond, Ohio, baa been spending a few days with friends in the queen city. The Hon. G. W. Williams, left for New York Thursday. The picnic given by the United Brothers of Friendship last Friday was a grand affair. The young gents who have been spending the summer at the different watering places are returning heme. Several of the young gents took their young ladies to see the Banker's Daughter, at Pikes' last week. The genial Mr. Robt. Day, jr., of Columbus, will be down next week. Miss Nellie Lewis, of Covington is quite popular with the Cincinnati gents. The many friends of Miss Maggie Price will be pained to learn that she is lying seriously ill at her home on Elizabeth st. Boys, have you seen the wealthy young lady from Kentucky? The young gent who has been having such a soft time this summer has at last got down to work. The boss has returned. The many friends of the genial Mr. B. D. Bagby are glad to hear that he will visit us soon. The handsome editor of the Louisville Bulleton was in our city Thursday, en route to Lexington, Ky. Mrs. Robert Fisher is visiting friends in the Queen city. Mr. Clark, of the Neff House, Yellow Springs, has been taking in the exposition this week. Walant Hill, O. Lane Theological Seminary has an intelligent colored student in the person of Mr. W. H. Franklin, a graduate of Maryville, Tenn., College. Miss Ida Broadie has returned from her visit to Lexington, and will enter the Gaines High School. Mrs. Alice McLane of Lebanon, O., is visiting the city, and is the guest of Miss Mamie E. Frye, of Spring street. Miss Leda and Miss Anna Fryor have gone on a visit to Lexington to be absent about two weeks. Miss Minnie Armstrong will return this week from a visit to Lockland. A revival is in progress at the Second Baptist Church, A von dale. The first quarterly meeting of the A. M. E. Church will take place on the first Sunday in November. Bishop Shorter and Rev. B. F. Watson were in the city last week. The "Juvenile Society" is doing well under the direction of Mrs. Julia Broadie, at whose residence, on Willon street,it meets every alternate Friday. On next Wednesday night Rev. W. H. Franklin, of Lane Theological Seminary, will lecture at the A. M. E. Church. The Christain Recorder of last week contains an interesting essay from the pen of Miss M. E. Frye, Secretary of Brown's Chapel Missionary Society. Mrs. Sarah G. Jones promises to contribute to the columns of the Leader. She is a woman of excellent literary abilities, a fine writer and your readers may expect something interesting. COEBESPONDENCn Blooinlngton Chat. The Republican boom is huge. Elder Clav has nulled off his coat and crone to work to pay off our church debt. We are to Lave Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback ere long. We have had, quite a political feast. 'Billy" Williams, Indiana's favorite, was here last Thursday night and held an im mense crowd spell-bound for two hours, with his matchless eloquence. On Saturday Hon. W. P. Fiero, of New York, delivered one of the ablest arguments in favor of the grand old Republican party I ever listened to. A grand rally was had at Hindustan, this county, on Friday, addressed by Hon. W. R. Gardiner, of Washington, an able and eloquent speaker.

On Thursday, at 1 o'clock, George W. Julian and a Mr. Hord were here for the Democrats. Mr. Hord, in speaking of. the Maine election, said "the sky looked more serene and the lenves greener after the Democratic victory." But to the Honorable gentleman's chagrin in a short time a telegram wm received that Davis was elected, and then the sky became o'ercast with clouds and tho leaves hid changed into the "seer and yellow leaf." The Democrats are sick; the barbers are seriously thinking about charging them double price for shaving them, their faces are so long. "Pity them? So I do; I pity the dumb victims at the alter; but does the robed priest for his pity falter?" I thought I was pretty good on the kick, but I can't boid alight for.i'jUeszi" to kick bv, yet I don't blame him; he' all right. Kick some more, Ricnzi," we must be treated as a people or we may break out in an eruption that will be contagious. I Wilberforee (O ) Hewa.

Since the opening, school has been moving on with a steady march. Prospects of a successful year's work are very J flattering. The enrolling is in the neighborhood of a hundred, with several present who have not enrolled. This is a good beginning, since the majority of our students live by individual e3rt and generally remain out as long as possible in the pursuit of means. Up to this dato, there are twenty-one States represented. Ohio has thirty-six representatives This is the greatest number from amy one Stare. A good portion of the enra.l nent is new tudents. Of these, quiet a a l aber have been able to enter the AcaI aemic Department; some have been able to enter directly upon their course. . This tells us two things; first, that there is a steady advance in education; second, that Wilberforce is growing in favor throughout the country. Students come here now to finish, as well as to begin their education. The college classes are larger than ever before. The senior class is composed of persons from the lollowing States: Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. In this Ohio stands head, having four sons and one danghter. The fatuity is in the best of spirits and laboring vigorously. There is a little uneasiness felt by some, for, if students continue to come in at the present rate, we shall run short of accomodations. This will refleit discredit,. first, upon our great connection which numbers more than a quarter of a million. The question now is will a connection upon which God has smiled so graciously, neglect the duty of educating her people? It seems that God has placed a great work in the hand of the A. M. E. Church, and if this work is neglected, "Woe to him by whom the offence cometh." Then. "Let Zion's watchmen all awake, and take the alarm they give.' Second, it will reflect discredit upon the whole race, because, Wilberforce is the only institution in the land, owned and governed by our own people- The question in this case, is will a race, which up to this time, has made such progress as no other race ever made under the same circumstances and in the same time, go on in the strength of its manhood, or will it faintly recline upon another race and cry, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. The assistant teachers, so far, are Misses Jones, Dugget, Freeman, Sexton, and Messrs. Ash by and Anderson, all of whom, except one, belong to the Practice School. The Sodalian Society held its annual meeting of this year, on the 16th. The folfowing is the programme of the evening: Essay, H. C. Clay; Critic, B. E. Croker; Declamation, J. R. Scott; Discussion, I. M. Burgan, Affirmative, W. W. Jones, Negative. Question Resolved, that the general government should fix the rate of intereft not to exceed six per cent. The decision was in favor of the affirmative. The congregation of the Holy Trinity was well entertained on Sabbath. Pres. See preached in the morning and Rev. C. M. Crosby at night. Cl umbos, Ohio, shelter. iSpeclal correspondence to The Leader. CoLrMBUs, O., Sept. 22, 1880. Emancipation Day! What thoughts crowd upon the mind and years and even ages of sorrow, voe and suffering; children torn from their mothers' breasts, husbands and weeping wives forced asunder; lovers and sweethearts parted to meet again in eternity; the blood stained post and whip; the auction block and human cattle; there are the scenes that recur ic the mind as we remember that this is Emancipation Day. But the bitter, bitter part is over and the pall of Egyptian darkness, that for so long over-hung our benighted race, is at last drawn aside like a curtain, and the sun of a brighter day has dawned. At various points in Ohio, the day is being celebrated. No special demonstration is being made here. This evening in the A. M. E. Church Rev. E. J. Waring will deliver an address in honor of the day, subject: ''The true end and the only means. We believe in saying what we think even at the risk of paying a severe penalty. So we remark that colored journalism must be high-toned and elevated to be powerful and lend a right influence. In last weeks Leader, we saw one letter in which -the following slang occurs, "got the bulge on them," "too mach monkeying." 'are so rattled" and similar phrases, this should not be. We hope our brother journalist will take no offence. Again. We have another thing to say. In reading the Leader I see letters from "L ex," "Omega," -non nolo," non dum." Nowdid it ever occur to my friends. 1. That some of us may not be versed in the dead language; 2. That it savors of pedantry to exhibit "profound classical learning" too often? I fail to see the appropriateness of signing a half-dozen personal paragraphs "L ex," or a Latin sentence to a halfcolumn of paragraphs. Be modest, gentlemen and learn a lesson from "Rienzi' "Shelley," even Longfellow" and "Moses." I will also say in this connection that some time since I received a postal card from a Cincinnati gentleman, saying that the first letter I wrote to the Leader, was "very good" excepting my use of "Africo-American." I take this occasion to extend my compliments to this unknown critic and say that I trust I know what I am doing, and that I am not just beginning to write to newspapers. His word may be "Africo-American," Mine is Afro-American. I often feel like agitating something. This explains my apparently polemical procedure. The followim; is a political picture; Gar field, the canal boatman, successful collego professor, patriotic and brave general, and eminent statesman. Hancock, the military aristocrat, so foolish as to take snakes (rebels) to his bosom, and expect loyal men to make him President. Choose this day whom ye will vete for. LOCAL LACOXICS. Oui schools open well with over 800 pupils. Captain Edward Brown, of the Palmer Guards, has his trial by courtmartial, next week, for overdrawing monej. The Captain promises to set himself right and receive an honorable dismissal by the court. The Douglass Literary Club met Friday evening. This once prosperous organization is now apparently on its "last legs this condition having been brought about through social dissensions, lack of interest and other small causes Columbus Sunday Capital. We are sorry to learn of the above. The young men of our city are talking of organizing a "Minerva Club." Perhaps there is no city of its size in the country where dancing is not practiced

among colored people, to some extent.cxcept Columbus. The sentiment seems to be against it. We will not argue the matter. MarTiages among the Afro-American population are of so seldom occurrence that it is a wonder that the preachers do not foret the ceremony. "Leap Year ' hasn't one much good thus far. Down in the mining regions about Corning and Straitsville, are colored miners, who took the places of white men who struck. The striking miners are attempting to drive the colored men from the mines. Troops are on the grounds and several battles have occurred. The Leader is growing rapidly in popularity. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. Geo. W. Williams has returned. Mrs. Stanley, of Cleveland, is in the city, the guest of Mrs. N. J. Jessups. Ed. M. Bryant bid fair to make a successful dry goods clerk and eventually, merchant. Thos. G. Spencer made his maiden political effort last week. IsaiahS. Tuppins keeps a cosy barber 6hop. 7Mrs. J. N. Jessups and Geo. W. Williams are at Findlay to-day. Geo. A. Weaver is employed at the Stat Republican Committee rooms. E. O. Trent, of this city, is employed in teaching, near St. Louis. Wraiqx. Henri Uelnekem. He was born at Lübeck, in 1791, When he was ten month ot age, he could speak perfectly.. When twelve months, be could repeat the five books of Moses. At fourteen months, he had read lxtb the Old and the New Testament. At two years of age, he had read many of the bestand most learnod writers of tho day. Ancient hütory and geography he was particularly fon J of, and few adults even surpassed him in these branches. He spoke Latin, and was also acquainted with some of the modern language?. He died in the fourth year of his age. Nature now and then produces a prodigy, and here, certainly, was one. I do not know of one quite the equal of this. Pascal was a genius at ten years of age, but this boy, at as many months. Johannes Secundus wrote Latin verses at fifteen yars of age, but Henri Heinekem, before he was four conversed in Latin. It is far better, however, to have a wellbalanced mind than a mind developed all on one side. The average boy, of the averago mind, if he cultivates it, is far more likely lo be useful, and happier, too. Signor Agostine finds, says Nature, that if through a drop of mercury, lving on a surface not wet by it, a current of electricity be sent in a vertical direction, it rotates under the influence of the earth's magnetism, as may be sent if a few particles of lvcopodium powder be strewn on it. Similarly a mercury drop rotates when placed on the surface of a steel magnet, and e. g. the magnet con . nected with the positive pole of a very weak element, while the electrode penetrating the drop from above is connected with the negative. From the strength and direction of rotation of a number of such drops one may in general make visible the distribution of the magnetism, the neutral points, etc., both in the magnetic bars themselves, as when an iron bar is brought coaxially near to one end or into contact; also in the latter. The results of previous experimental measurements are thus confirmed.

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