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and Intellectual elevation do likewise. The last number of the New Or leans Observer contained some brilliant and facetious editorial Rubys. The -Brazilian Government has ad mi tied all manumitted freedmen to exact political equality with other .citizens. Cettewayo,- the captive Zulu King, is still confined in the Castle, at, Cape Town,' Africa. It ia said, however, that he is treated ;With great cour tesy, being surrounded by his former servants, and allowed the society of his numerous wives and their fami lies.: -A'.. The King of Ashantee, a powerful native sovereign on "the west coast of Africa, has declared war against the English, and proposes to sail into them in the regular Zulu style. t The King, it is reported, is able to put .90,000 soldiers into the field. It is needless to say that the red coats are alarmed. The "New Era" newspaper abor tion, oi Charleston, S. C, is prominent among the small coterie of colored papers that believe in "bending the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning." We would say to the "New Era," go ence, get thee gone; go to the jungles of Africa, and there abase thyself before some allpowerful idol, and let us have no more of thy whinings and lamentations. "THE PABTY OP THE PEOPLE." There could not possibly be any greater political falsehood than the brazenfaced claim of the Democratic party that it is the party of the peo pie. A party that professed to believe in the divine right of human slavery; that would break up a family and sell its members into different and dis ' tant slave-cursed sections never to be re-united, with as little pity as a stock dealer would feel in separating a flock of sheep; a party that pro claimed to the world the infamous and forever damnable doctrine that a black man had no rights which a white man wes bound to respect: a party that robbed a neighboring re public of two-thirds of its territory, simply to increase the area of our own territory devoted to the enslavement of ' the people; a party that crowded our statute books with laws calculated to oppress the people that would be horrible to the mind of a Barbary pirate; a party that precipi tated the most gigantic civil war of historic record, for no other purpose than to perpetuate the enslavement of the people; a party that has over ridden,lawlessly and murderouslyjdestroyed constitutions and Govern ments, with no other object in view than to violate the rights and defeat the will of the people certainly that party can nof be the party of the peopie. 8,077,151The total population of the United States is 49,982,128. Of these 6,577,156 are colored. These figures are full of significant meaning. More than one eighth of our who1 e population belongto that definite and yet very indefinite class known as colored. "Whatever may bo said of us intellectually and 'financially by unkind critics, no one certainly can be so rash as to accuse us of insignificance in numbers. It is interesting to take a look in to the future, and see what we will be after awhile, viewed in the light of the recent past The rate of increase among the colored people in the past ten years has been about thirty-three per cent; that is, the total number, as shown by the census of 1870, has been increased, in ten years, by almost one third. Taking bis as the rate of increase for the

future,, in 1890 the colored popula

tion of this country will be nearly ,000,000. : Jn the; year 19UO, only nineteen years hence, it will he about 12,000,000. . A comparative view ol the strength of the colored population of this coun: try with other populations is not without interest" At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, between this country und England, the total population of the thirteen colonies was less than 3.000,000, and ot these, probably, half a million were colored. Thus we see that our present colored population is more than twice as large as the colonial population, which successfully resisted the military power of Great Britain in 76-'83. he colored; .population of fthis country is more than twice as great as the entire population of any other country in North or South America, except Mexico) Brazil, and the Canadian' Dominion. It is two millions greater than the population of the Dominion, and is about equal to the combined population of Chili, Peru and Bolivia, the countries now at war in South 'America. It -exceeds the total population 'ol either the West Indies or Australia and its islands, by about two millions. ..Norway and Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Switz erland, Ireland and Scotland all have a smaller individual population than the colored population of this coun try. All of these facts go to show that the American Negro is one of the coming men of the future. One of the gratifying signs of the times is the interest the people and the law-makers are taking in the subject of adulteration of food and medicines. Almost every de scription of food and medicine is adulter ated. The villainy has reached such pro portions that poison lurks in almost every article. People are struck down with dis eases that baffle the most consummate skill. Slow poisons are at work in almost every family, fraud and crime is developed in every analysis, and the scoundrelism is per mitted to go unpunished. "What is wanted is such legislation upon the subject as will put an end to the nefarious business. It can be had. It is in order to hunt down the vile stuft and hold the parties where it is found to be guilty of a r felony. ' This done, and poisoned food and poisoned drugs would disappear. Boards of Health should be clothed with power to purify the markets to put an end to the sale, to the nefarious traffic, to impure, unwholesome, adulterated and poisonous food and drugs. ' Society imperatively demands the protection, and we hope the Legislature, before it adjourns, will take the matter in hand. The New York Tribune wants the United States to have as many Representatives in Congress as any of the great powers of Europe have in their popular Chambers, and publishes the following to show how far the United States falls behind European Representative Assemblies: Great Britain GT0 Sweden...... -JJ8 France .532 Greece ... 188 Italy ...508. Roumania . 157 Hungary ....... . 445 Belgium .-...........136 Prussia 433 Switzerland....-.. 135 Germany 397 Brazil .. 122 Austria 353! Denmark .. 102 Canada ...ÄKS, Netherlands...... &C The United States, with a population of over 50,000,000, has only 293 Representatives. The European Assemblies which have a smaller number than the United States have vastly less population. In the matter of pay we are of the opinion that the United States stands at the head of the column. Senator David Davis is said to be worth $2,000,000, being the most extensive land owner in Central Illinois. His yearly taxes amount to about $27,000. MtSHOcar proposes to appropriate $75,000 to enable tLe State to make a suitable display at the International Fair to be held in New York iu 18S3. Dakota Las school lands in the aggregate three times the size of Rhode Island. Is that all? . GLEANINGS. General Garfield Las a niece who la studying medicine in Boston. Evangelist Moody proposes to erect another school building at Northfleld, Mass. Secretary Schirz will be given a public dinner by Boston admirers after the 4th of March. Hard times in Persia induce the Gypsies to sell their daughter at the Insufficient price of $0.00 each. Tue anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday was quietly observed by some of the citizens of New Orleans. Ex-GoYERNftB McCreary, of Kentucky, says he wc a't be a candidate for Governor next time, but he is ready to go to Congress. The birthday of the poet Longfellow will be celeb tated on the 25th Instant by the pupils of the High School at Bloomlngton, 111. A oirl with diphtheria was Bent from one relative to another at Green Lake, Wis., each refusing to take her in until she died in the wagon. Archbishop Laino, of Santa Fe, is a fortunate ecclesiastic He owns a good mine, recently discovered, which is mentioned as giving $1,000 in gold from two bncketfals of ore. A nugget was found in It worth 12,000. The late Captain Frederick Pendleton, of Stonington. Conn., left about 100,000, and it is said had kept most of it, consisting of bonds and mortgages, in a small trunk in his sleeping-room for many years. He left no will. "An Embassador," according to a quotation recently made in an English journal, "is an honest man sent to teU lies abroad for the good of his country," Baroness Burdett Coutta... ..67 William Ashmead BartletL............ 31 That's what we call an improper fraction. It is asserted that since Beecher said there would be a great deal of good society iu hell as well as Heaven, Edwards Pierrepont and Cyrus w. Field have got bo they don't care much which place they go. A yotno lady was caressing a pretty spaniel and murmuring: "I do love a nice dog!" "Ah!" sighed a dandy, standing near, "I would I were a dog." "Never mind," retorted the young lady, saarpiy ; "you'U grow." General Garfield is now being bothered by the persons who are making arrangements for the inauguration. Apropos of this the Washington Republican relates an anecdote of, Mr. Lincoln. The Inauguration Committee submitted tw programmes, and asked the Pres) lent-elect which he preferred. Mr. Lincoln thre ' one leg over the back of his chair, and replied a-follows:

"When I was practicing law iu Illinois a client of

mine, a peculiar sort of fellow, was brought before the Court, and the . Judge asked him l.'Do you swear or affirm? 'Mr. Judge,' my client replied, I don't care a damn which.' " It is rumored that Hon.. Edwin W. Stoughton. formerly United States Minister to Russia, is seeking the place on the Supreme Court Bench Which Is likely W be made vacant soon by the retirement of J udge Hunt. - Mr. VennokIs skilled not only in the signs of the weather, but iu geology and ornithology. He is now busy with a work on the "Birds of Canada." He is a stout man, about thirty-five years old, with fair hair, a weather-beaten countenance, and modest aud agreeable manners. , The oak frame, io which Mrs. Hayes' White House portrait 1 to be placed is being carved by the Cincinnati lady artists w ith representations of oak -leaves, acorns, grapes, lilies, sunflowers and hawthorn. The frame itself Is the contributloa'of a few prominent ladies jf Cincinnati. Mr. Teter Cooper, on his ninetieth birthday, slept until the morning had nearly passed, and when he arose ate as hearty a breakfast as he ever did in his life. Many old friendi called at his house during the day; In the evening the pupils of the Cooper Institute gave him a reception. A G. Bradley writes to the Pall Mall Gazette that the old State of Virginia may now be fairly said to be "booming" booming, too, In a quiet, respectable, and substantial manner that makes little noise or stir, but for that very reason Is all the firmer and the more likely to be permanent. Hon. R. D. Hastings, for eight years Treasurer of Wisconsin. Is going to New Zealand, at the Invitation of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars ot that Province, to engage in temperance work and assist in extending the order. Mr. Hastings Is the reputed founder of the order In Australia and New Zealand. Riy. Dr. Withrow, of Boston, and formerly pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church In this city, has no faith in Mother Shlpton, bases no calculation on the 'perihelia of the planets, has no confidence in the dread of forebodings of the Jamale Professor, but he does agree with the great students ef Scriptural prophecy that we are near the end of the world. Mr. Charles O'Co .nor, the eminent Counselor, was Interviewed at his home, on the Island of Nantucket, the other day. upon the Irish a uestion. He said that the Irish outcry against British oppression undoubtedly was warranted, but that Americans have not time to Interfere; that we have enough to do "in checking the growth of governmental evils at home." A singular case has just been decided in a St. Louis Court. An elderly lady of that city, who had promised to bequeath $3,000 to a Church, , was persuaded by her clergyman and others to give the Church $1,000 Instead, but afterward regretted it and Kued to recover. The Judge held that she had been improperly influenced by her spiritual adviser, and decreed judgment agains the Church for 4,000. Emily Pfeiffer sends to the Spectator a poem entitled "Learn of the Iog," the gist, of which is: "Learn of the dog to live, if thou would'st find His peace in death; for him the silent spheres Keep their long watch unchallenged overhead ; Know as he knows; love as he loves his kind, Unweave the web of human toils and tears; Die like a dog when thought and love are dead." Rev. Edward E. Hale, in a sermon on Carlyle last Sunday, repeated the pithy saying of Arthur Hugh Clough in '49: "Carlyle has led us all out from the Egypt of shams into the desert, and he has left us there." "If protests were made," said Mr. Hale, "and it was asked what were to come next, this Moses who had brought them into the desert could not lead them into the promised land and he could point to no Joshua who could lead them there." Fernando Wood was a Member of the Congress which appropriated $30,000 iu aid of Professor Morse's experimental telegraph line between Washington and Baltimore. Mr. Wood voted for the appropriation, and was, in consequence, defeated in his next race for Congress by the intelligent voters of his District, who couldn't tolerate a Representative who would waste public money on such a chimerical project as that of transmitting intelligence upon wires strung upon poles. Senator Blaine is recovering from his attack of rheumatism, but he is still forced to stay indoors. It is said that he may not take his seat in the Senate again, inasmuch as he intends to leave it anyway before the 4th of March. According to his present Intention, he will resign next week. This will give the Maine Legislature the required ten days' notice of an existing vacancy, and will afford the opportunity to elect hid successor Mr. Frye in time to enable him to take his neat very soon after March 4. Thirty years ago James Boyle left Ireland for Australia with his wife and one child, leaving another chUd, Mary, with her grandfather. He was very successful on the gold fields, and invested his money to great advantage. His wife and child died in A ustralia. Vary married a man named Glen, and moved to America, where she has been living in a poor part of Philadelphia. By the miscarriage of letters incidental to her moving at the same lime as her father Uiey lost trace of each other, and each thought the other dead. She now finds herself, after a life of hard struggle, worth a million of dollars. "Calamity" Lapham is the name of a man who lives in Ottumwa, Iowa. lie acquired his unhappy sobriquet from the numerous accidents of which he has been the victim. He was shot a dozen or more times during the War i was run over by a caisson, and went to the bottom of the Mississippi River with a transport sunk at the siege of Vicksburg. Since the war he has had the cholera, small-pox, yellow fever, been bitten by a snake, struck by lightning, and had three ribs broken by a falling wall during an earthquake In one of the Souih American States A few days ago his left hand was cut on' in an Ottumwa mill. ItCSUME OF THE WEEK'S NEWS. WASHINGTON AND CONGRESSIONAL. In the Senate on Wednesday, Mr. Hereford presented a resolution of the Legislature of West Virginia favoring a law for the regulation of Inter State railway traffic. Tbe afternoon was devoted to consideration of the funding bill, the debate showing a marked change of sentiment in favor 3 per cent, as the rate of interest. In the House on Wednesday, the right of Mr. Orth to the seat for the Ninth Indiana District was confirmed. Brief addresses were made on the acceptance of the statue of Jacob Collamer of Vermont. The river and harbor appropriation afforded amusement for members until a quorum was lost. In the Senate, on Thursday, Mr. Eaton reported a resolution that the United States Goverument insists that its consent must be obtained as a condition precedent to the construction of a ship canal or any other work for the transportation of sea-going vessels across the Isthmus of Panama. A prolonged debate on the funding bill was next in order, in which Mr.-Hereford, referring to the issue of silver certificates, said Secretary Snerman was neither a competent nor a trustworthy adviser. Mr. Allison thought the Secretary of the Treasury should not be restricted to sales at par. The House went into a Commitce of the Whole on the river and harbor bilhnearly all the amendments offered being rejected. It was agreed that appropriations for the Mississippi River should be used only in improving the channeL Mr. Davis failed in an effort tofsecure $20,000 forthe dregging of the Chicago River. The evening session was prolonged until after midnight. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations falors the insertion of a clause in the sundry civil appropriation which wiuld permit the sending of a spechJ Embassy to Mexicoo negotiate in regard to ommercial intercourse. In the Senate on Friday bills were favorably re ported for Government buildings at Terre Haute, Ind., and Columbus, O. In the debate on the If unding bill Mr. Logan favored a fixed rateef 'A per cent., and Mr. Cockrell expressed his belief that a 3 per cent, bond could be .loa led at par. By a vote of 22 to 31 an amendment favoring 3 per cent, was lost It was voted that the bonds run from five to twenty years, and that public subscriptions be received on Friday. The House passed the river and harbor bill by 163 to 94. A message was received from the President recommending an appropriation for the proper representation of the United States at the ntern ational Monetary Conference at Paris. The Senate passed the funding bill last week by 43 to 20, and it now goes to the House for concur. ,rence in several amendments. A hill was passed ior me construction 01 a ore-proof building at Columbus, Ohio, to cost $400.000. The House on Friday passed a bill constituting Atlanta, Ga., a port of delivery. The cattle disease bill was under consideration in the Senate on Saturday, and the debate developed the fact that while a majority of the Senators favored legislation on the subject, they regarded the measure In question as the worst that had been proposed. It is probable that another bill will be offered as a substitute, and passed. There is every indication that the House of Representatives will concur in the amendments to the funding bill made by the Senate, without rtferlng them to a Conference Committee. The Senate on Monday created a great many

new offices to carry out the provisions of the pension bUl. Senator Harrison's credentials were presented. The House on Monday called on Secretary Sherman for a detailed statement of his operations regarding bonds, loans, etc. Secretary Evarts is deeply grieved becanse the Chinese treaties are to be banded over to the special spring session of the Senate. Mr. Bright, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, acting in conjuncUon with Senator Pendleton, is making elaborate and very complete arrangements Tor the inauguration. His plans are excellent, and they will afford the greatest possible facilities for the public aud the press that the capacity of the Capitol building will allow. INDIANA STATE LEGISLATURE. The Legislature has passed in all ten bills that have been signed by the Governor and become laws. No. 1, the appropriation bill ; House bill 120, providing for additional clerks for the Committee on Revision of. Laws; Senate bill C, In relation to crimes against decedents' estates; Senate bill 12, for holding Courts in Posey and Vanderburgh Counties; Senate bill 53. amending the charter of Kvansville; Senate bill IOC. legalizing the conveying of certain lands in Kansas by the Commissioners ol Wabash County: Senate bill 11$, relating to the formation of Water Works Companies; Senate bill 158, providing for additional clerks for the Committee on Revision of laws; also, Mr. Schweitzer's bill, compelling keepers of hotels to provide means of escape for guests in case of fire. There is some considerable talk altout holding an extra session. The Investigations of the several Benevolent Institutions have almost entirely closed. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.

The Senate of Illinois has passed a' bill to tax the gross earnings of Telegraph Companies 2 per cent. Governor Porter, after consulting the AttorneyGeneral, has commissioned Mrs. Martha J. Kvshh, of Richmond, a Notary Public. Frank Twiggs, for the murder of William Lriscoll. was executed at Wavnesboru. Ga. He perI ished by strangulation, his neck not having been broken. Seven Americans incarcerated at Paso del Norte, Mex.. shut a euard and escaped, last eek. TLey were pursued, and three were killed and the others retaken. Edward H. Mann, of Evans v Hie. at the hale of delinquent lands, Saturday, purchased 3,702." worth of Warrick County, lndlaua, delinquent property, ana deposited the cash witn me i reasurer. Near Hu ntertowu, Ind., Saturday, A. Wicher. while chopping timber, was accidentally killed by a tree falling across him. He leaves a wife and four children iu comfortable circ urnStances. Benjamin W. Dillhunt, formerly a Postal f :leik on the Vandalia Koad, who was terribly injured in a wreck in September last, refused to com prom ise with the Railroad Company for S.'i.OOO cash and expenses io oate. A large tract of laud has been purchased iu Eastern Kentucky .for a Swiss colony. The advance truard of immigrants have arrived in Frank fort, but the greater number will make their ap pearance m April. The evidence of Thomas Moore, President of a Pennsylvania Coal Company, is sufficient to snow up the corruptions ol the rhiiaueiPhia Gas 1 rust. In one instance $20,000 was lost by a refusal to give him a contract. George Willard. a farmer living near Freeport, Ind., Avas fatally stabbed by his son, on last Thursday. The father orderedthe son to perform manual labor. The son refused. The father threatened to shoot and the son stabbed. Now the boy is nearly insane with grief. Matthew Kolb. of Philadelphia, who died a few days ago. Is accused of having recently negotiated forged bills of lading to the amount of 3125.0K). One Lovejoy, a supposed accomplice at Iowa Cen ter, Jowa, nas disappeared. Walter Paine, a Fall River mill treasurer, who embezzled several hundred thousand dollars, lied to Montreal, and can not be extradited, has ap plied to a Baptist Church in the latter city for admission. He has organized a Canadian Mill Com pany, with a capital of $100,000. At Shoals, Ind., Friday evening, George Marsh's henrtin? factorv xcus found to be cn fire, and be fore 8unicient help could be procured the flames were beyond control, ine ouiiaing ana siock are a total loss, there being no insurance on them. Some of the machinery was saved. Loss w,uw. At Washington, Pa., Saturday, the remains of Dr. Conradin Hornburg, of Indianapolis. Ind., Mere cremated. The ashes will be sent to Charles Soehner, the executor, who, with a friend, ac companied the remains. Deceased was born in Bavaria, Germany, and after moving to this country practiced medicine rifty-nve years. He was never married. It has transpired that on Wednesday morning last, near Syracuse, N. Y., a leap for liberty was made by J. M. G. Mednst, the Swiss who was ar rested in Indiana for a murder in his native land He was lying on a sent in the car, shackled, apparently asleep, when he suddenly sprang to the door and jumped to the ground. He6cedily threw off his irons and made tracks to several barns, to steal a horse. He was only caught by being fired upon, and was safely placed on board a steamer lor Havre. "COLONKL SKLLKKS" NOT MAIlllIKD. Mr. Raymond Says He und Miss Harne Will Be Married in April. fSpecial to the Cincinnati Gazette. New i ork,., Feb. 21. Several of yester day s papers contained the announcement of the marriage of John T. Raymond, now playing the title role of "Fresh'' at the Park Theater, to Miss Courtney Barnes, the daughter of Hose tytinge. Mr. Havnionu laughed heartily when asked if he was married, and said: "The vigor and enthusiasm with which my friends of the press chron icle the marriage of myself ami Miss Barnes, when there id a dearth of Sunday news, defy competition. Formerly it used to give me a slight shock of surprise to pick up a pajer at breakfast and rind that I had been married to Miss Barnes, or that several days before had seen us married in a palace car at the rate of sixty miles an hour. or, again, that a gorgeous ceremonv hail been celebrated in a St. Louis Cathedral, sometimes varied by the cool assertion that we have been married for months. This, as I say, was rather harrowing to my feelings at first, but I became used to it aftera while, and now when I venture forth and home friend rushes up, seizes both my hands ami says: 'Dear boy, accept my heartiest con gratulations; she s a noble woman, and will make a good wi fe,' I si ra ply say : '( J ud hi ess you, but it is false, and iasa on mutually thanking the vigilant gentlemen down town who wear all the hair oil their heads in whole souled efforts for my future well being." "There is no truth in the statement, then?" "Well." said Mr. llaymond, throwing one leg over the other, ami carelessly pushing back a lock of hair with his band, on which a huge diamond glittered brilliantly, "the, ah the fact is, we are a little inclined that way, so to speak. The well, I admit its going to occur. 1 would be immeasurably obliged if you'll just say that Miss Courtney Barnes and I are going to be married next April. This is the date, within the month of April. I am glad to make this announce ment lor a number of reasons, prominent among them being the philanthropic one that 1 save many wean' journalists the duty of incessantly chronicling the event unti'l its actual occurrence." Strange Divorce Suit. New York Special to Cincinnati Commercial. A picturesque divorce case lias just begun here. The daughter of a wealthy merchant in Cologne, aged sixteen, eloped in 18, with her music teacher, Otto Meyer, and came to this country. They were married, and went to live in Hoboken. After a time their money was exhausted, and Meyer and his wife went upon the stage in a German Theater in Hoboken. While there Mrs. Meyer made the acquaintance of Otto Crola, who was working upon a German newspa per. Mrs. Meyer declared there was no.obstacle to their union, as her marriage with Meyer was not legal, since it had not been recorded. Thereupon Crola declared that she was his wife in the sight of God, and they began living together. Shortly afterward Crola fell heir to a fortune left him in Hungary, amounting to $40,000. He engaged in the tobacco business, and lived in expensive apartments in Fifth avenue. He bought pictures worth $3,000 and was lavish with his wife. In the early part of last year Crola received in his house Albert Ilouter, commission merchant, whom he had known in uermany. hue Crola was absent from the city on trips to Havana. Router and Mrs. Crola became intimate and last spring when Crola returned from Euro he found his wife and friend had disappear ed, and his property gone. Router and Mrs. Crola were found living together in Brooklyn. Crola visited her to demand his property. She denied that their marriage was legal, as she was the wife of Meyer, and refused to give up the property, claiming that some of the things were given to her and the rest earned by care she had given to Crola when sick, Crola has instituted one suit for divoroe and another for the recovery of property. Damages are asked of $21,250 m the suit for property, which is described as sums of money, fine furniture, paintings, diamonds, silk dresses, etc. , In her answer, Mrs. Crola; under the name of Josephine Reuter, sets up claim that the nrooertv is hers as rightful owner. Mrs Crola is a large, handsome woman. Her first and only husband is an actor in Thalia Theater in this

city.

A MA ICHO W ESCAPE.

Iii Story of a Young I'ulou Officer Who Was Captured by Mushy. IC L. BttbkUetd iu Philadelphia Weekly Tiwt-S. The following thi-illing incident is tld by a soldier of Mosby's command, he being an eye-witness of the scene, and I will here give it in his own word. as nearly as 1 can remember them: "Late in the fall of 1SU4 our boys were ordered by Colonel Mosby to rendezvous at a certain point in the mountains, preparatory to receiving orders. All the Companies and Commanders were to assemble in force near the turnpike road lead ing into the valley trom lAudon County, and we were all to be armed and equipped, preparatory lor a raid. hen assembled, wo numbered about MX) men, and with that force we marched into the valley, crossing the Shenandoah about dark. "We Invouacked for the night and tlm licit day proceeded up the Charlestowri and Winchester turnpike, where we succeeded in capturing a large wagon train of the enemy; not, however, without a severe skiruii.-h, in w hich we lost several men and horses. After retreating and again collecting our forces we were ordered to separate into Companies with the view of making different raid:. The Company to which I was attached proceeded in the direction of the Chsrlestown road, whero we encountered tho command of Cuptain Blazer, and after fkirmishing with it and finding we werj largely outnumbered, we concluded to retreat to the? Shenandoah River, which we did under hot pursuit. We reached the river at dusk, and Blazer's men, fearing an ambuscade, drew off. After fording the river with some difficulty wo bivouacked upon the opposite side, and the next day proceeded to the little hainlut of Paris, where we awaited the return of our command. At about 0 o'clock in the afternoon the different companies began to arrive, several having Federal prisoners, and shortly afterward Colonel Alosby, with the rest of his men, came up with twenty-live or thirty additional prisoners. He immediately gave orders that there should be a detail made from each company to take charge of the prisoners, and that they should be carried to some locality in the mountain, otl from the general thoroughfares, where a house must be procured, in one room of which the prisoners should be placed and kept .under double guard. We were also told to proceed to Rectortown by break of day next morning. (I happened to be ayiong the number of this detailed euard. which renders me so familiar with the circumstances.) In pursuance of orders we went in search of a house, and finding an old deeerted cabin we placed the prisoners in there and built a large fire for their comfort, as it was quite cold, being late in .November, lho room. being small, was pretty well crowded, but passing the night without iurther incident, we proceeded next day to Rectortown. Among the prisoners 1 noticed a young of ficer (a Lieutenant), who seemed to be suffer mg from lameness, and he excited my compassion by his ineffectual effort to keep up. Ridingup to him I offered him a seat behind me on my horse, which he grateiuiiy accepted. as we were in the rear of the march and out of earshot we conversed very freely, and he gave me several points in his history, and I found him to be a refined and intelligent gentleman. Uo stated that he had only recently been brought from Louisiana, where he acted as an officer of artillery, and he deeply regretted being captured here, as he feared that he would never survive his prison lite. He was the only son of a wid owed mother, and had recently been nutr ried to a young wife. He seemed deeply dejected, and I cheered him as well as I could, not knowing myself anything about the destiny of the prisoners. SEVKN MEN TO BE IIAXGK1. 'On arriving at Rectortown we found Colonel Mosby, with full command, drawn up in line, and he himself in consultation with his principal officers. One of these final! v advanced toward the souad which guarded the prisonejs and gave orders to draw them up in line. I he Adjutant then rode forward and read an order. It stated that seven of our men having been recently hung by the enemy it was determined that seven ot the prisoners should be hung in retaliation, and that lots for these ßeven would immediately be drawn. Upon the reading of this order a scene ensued which -will be impressed upon my memory until the day of my death. A cry of anguish and consternation arose from among the unfortunate prisoners. Some implored the guard to intercede with Colonel Mosby and have them excluded from the drawing, two of them declaring that they were merely sutlers and not lighting men, never having tired a gun at a Southern soldier. Others said they had been drafted into the Federal Array contrary to their wishes and were friendly to the outh. Others again expressed a willingness to desert that army and join our standard. "While this tempestuous appeal ior life was going on among these poor fellows, the main body of prisoners heard the awful sentence with deep dejection but sullen resolution. "In the course ol twenty minutes two officers approached, one of them holding a hat, in which had been placed a number of wads or ball? of paper corresponding with the number of prisoners. Seven ol these wads were marked. The drawing then commenced, theofhVer with the hat requiring the right hand prisoners to take out a ball, which whe drawn he handed to the other officer in attendance, who on opening pro nounced it to be a blank or otherwise. At first several blanks were drawn, then came a marked ball, which was drawn by a cavalry soldier of Custer's command and hailing from Michigan. This man very coolly remarked that he was prepared to die for his country. The drawing proceeded with varied results, l stood behind the young officer whose lameness 1 have mentioned and was much rfdivpd whfn hft drflU' a hlnnlr upon which I congratulated him. He turned and seizing my hand pressed it with warmth. ' 'Six men have now been drawn,' cried the officer with the hat: 'one more must come.' "The next and last victim was a örummer boy who, upon being informed of his fate uttered the most piercing cries, and throwing himself upon the ground, exclaimed that he was only a drummer boy, with neither father nor mother, and beceed to bo snared. So greatly was the pity of the officers excited that they immediately applied to Colonel Mosby to spare this boy. He very prompt ly replied that he did not know there was a boy among the prisoners, and ordered that he ßhould be removed and the drawing taken en over again. This was done, and on the second drawing, my friend, the Lieutenant, drew a marked ball. I was shocked by this and he was deeply distressed, but exhibited a courageous resignation to his fate. Calling to him a soldier of his Company, who had also been taken prisonar, he requested him to take his wife an empty pocket-book and pencil-case, saying that these were the only souvenirs he had left when condemned to execution, and that his last thoughts were with his wife and mother I was deeply affected at his fate, and desired to assist him if possible. "Whispering to him, I asked if he was a Free 3Iasons To which he replied in the alürmative. Immediately after this the guard was ordered to march off with the seven men who had been condemned. V e pro ceeded with them (I being oneof the guard) only a few hundred yards, when we were ordered to halt and await mrtneroraers, ana in a fw moments a freshly mounted squad of fifteen men, commanded by a Lieutenant and equipped for a raid, approached us with orders from Colonel Mosby that we should be relieved from care of the prisoners. Amone the number of this relief guard was an intimate friend of mine, to whom I re

lated the circumstances in connection with the Lieutenant and also informed him that ho was a Fre Mason. Being anxious to learn their destination, I questioned him about the recent order and he informed me that they had been commanded to take the prisoners aero the mountains and as near to Sheridan's headquarters as possible and there to hang them. He promised me that hj would do all that he could (consistently with duty) in behalf oi the condemned officer. They then proceeded on their way and beveral days elapsed before I hoard any. thing of their movements. On meeting with my friend he gave me the following particulars: SAVING THE LIEUTENANT. "They reached Paris on the same night

after leaving us and were there met by Captain Mountjoy, who was returning from the valley with a batch or prisoners. Being a friend of Mountjoy's he took the first opportunity of informing him of the situation of the Lieutenant and also in lor med him that ho whs a Free Mason and requested that he would try to save him. Upon hearing this Mountjoy requested an interview with the officer, and immediately afterward he crossed the street to where he kept his own prisoners and returned with two of them. These he presented to the officer in charge of the prisoner as two of Custer's men, whom he wished to substitute for the. Lieutenant. After some hesitation, and with the condition that Mountjoy should assume all responsibility, the exchange was made. The officer after returning earnest thanks for his life, was hastily transferred to a batch of prisoners under the oaro of a Sergeant, who was told to make all possible haste to Gordonsville, and specially to get out of 'Mosby's Dominions' before the break of day. Thus, in the course of a little over forty-eight hours, was the fate of this man reversed three times in the most remarkable manner. At first, in the terriDle ordeal of drawing a lottery for his life, he escaped. Then by a singular fatality the drawing was taken over again, and he found himself condemned to a sudden and awful death. "When all hope was abandoned and he found himself on the way to execution, deliverance came in a manner equally as uneidected and remarkable.'' POPULAR SCIENCE To fix pencil marks so they will not rub out, take well-skimmed milk and dilute with and equal bulk of water. Wash the pencil marks (whether writing or drawing) with this liquid, using a soft fiat camel hairbrush, and avoiding all rubbing. Pia- upon a flat board to dry. In using oil stones, instead of oil, which thickens and makes the stones dirty, a mixture of glycerine and alcohol is used by many. The proportions of the mixture vary according to the instrument operated upon. An article with a large surface, a razor for instance, sharpens best with a lim p;d liquid, as three parts of glycerine to one of alcohol. For a graving tool, the cutting service of which is very email, as is also tbe pressure exercised on the stone in sharpening, it is necessary to employ glycerine almost pure, with two or three drops of alcohol. Polished steel may be beautifully gilded by means of the ethereal solution of gold. Dissolve pure gold in aqua regia, evaporate gently to dry so as to drive off the superfluous acid, redis8olve in water, and add three times its bulk of sulphric ether. Allow to stand for twenty-fours in a stoppered bottle, and the ethereal solution of gold will float at top. Polished steel dipped in this is at once beautifully gilded, and by tracing patterns on the surface of the metal with any kind of varnish beautiful devices in plain metal and gilt will be produced. For other metals the electro process is best. The desirability of having immediate and absolute control of telegraphic facilities in certain emergencies has led to the leasing of telegraph wires by newspapers. The London Times has some short ones; the New York Tribune has a wire between New York and "Washington; the leading papers of Cincinnati are similarly connected with v asmngton, ana recently the Ubicago Inter Ocean has taken what is probably the longest wire leased by any newspaper, con netting its editorial rooms with its news bureau in Washington. Ail messages are sent direct, the paper having exclusive use of the wire and employing its own opera tors. A new explosive compound, introduced by J. M. Gervin, PariHi said to possess more explosive force than all other explosive materials, and which will not explode when a a liame is applied to it, or in consequence of an ordinary blow, out only by means of a cartridge or capsule, consists of the ingre. dients given below in or about the proporlion specmeu; i. e., uiiro-giycenue, sixty parts; nitrate of potassium sodium or am monia, sixteD parts; palmitic acidulated oxide of cetyl (cetoceum), one part; car bonate of lime one part; lignine, one part. and wood or animal charcoal or peat moss i sphagnum), sixteen parts. Professor Fleeming Jenkin has stated that the following are the mam conditions to be fulfilled in putting a house into good sanitary order. (1) The liquid refuse from the house must have a free passage to the town sewer. (2) The air from ihe town sewer must not have a free passage into the house drain. (3) No air or gas from the drainage channels of the house must enter the house. (4) No water or liquids must leak from those channels into the ground under the house. (5) 1 he drinking water must be stored in such a manner as to run no risk of contamination. (6) The air of the dwell ing rooms must be supplied without con tamination. A writer in the Ironmonger, from long practical experience in testing drain pipes, confidently recommends for that purpose what he terms a "smoke test; ' and which gives evidence as to leaks both to the sight and smell. The materials that he employs are soiled cotton waste and sulphur, the smoke from which, after ignition, is blown into the drain or pipes. If leakages exist in the latter inside of the house the smoke and smell both issue forth and show that something is wrong, and generally tell also just where the fault or faults are. Sulphur, as is well known, is one of the best of disenfectants, and a dose of the fumes from this to vhe drains, after disease has been in the house, would effect much good. A new electric lamp, which may not unfairly be considered a modification of the Werdermann lamp, has been produced by Bouteilieux and Laing, of PansJ The upper carbon is annular, and has in its center a refractory insulator filling up the entire space. The diameHr of this carbon is four or five times great,than that of the lower one, which has no refractory core. A magnetic regulator placed in a chamber around the holder of the lower carbon maintains a uniform distance between the two carbons. The arc has a regular movement around the periphery of the upper carbon from left to right invariably. It is said that this lamp gives a remarkably steady light of about 125 Carcel burners. The small carbon is .16 inch in diameter, and about twenty inches of its length is consumed in twelve hours. The larger carbon has & diameter of .75 inch, with .16 inch diameter of insulating core, and only four inches of its leagth is consumed in twelve hours. This lamp costs about $3 or $4. One of the rarest articles ot daily use is pure olive oil, and many think themselves fortunate to obtain oil which is in part made from the olives. Add to this fact the diffi culty of distinguishsng one vegetable oil from another by chemical test, especially of recognizing them when mixed, and no wonder the importers of olive oil soon accumu late a competency. A German soap jour nal tells its readers how to detect adulter

ations in oils, without, however, enlightening them as to the sort of oil used for adulteration. The test in exceedingly eiuiple, and can ba performed by any one poiseing a good chemical thermometer. About a teafrpoonlul of oil is put in a tcfct tube, and a thermometer suspended in the oil, which is now to ht-Htt! loOf-fi" ' fj?v- i-' v

heit). For a comparison a second tett tube, of pur oil may be treated in like manner. Pure olive oil, when L'-ated, grows rather ll.rVfjk In j. 1vl 1.h4 . t : r. . I T I, . M.t x. , isufc im, viutl inr, Aijkf JL tunseed, peanut oil, etc., grow darker. Tje latter also evolve a penetrating and disagreeable odor, but olive oilhts a pleasant smell not unlike strawberries. TLU test, devised by Merz, is at least worthy .f a H 1B.1 A Valuable Table. Messrs. I). Iandreth A Sons have issued the following table, giving the quantity of seed and number of plants requisite to crop an acre of land, w hich will prove valuable to farmers and gardeners, and to families generally who may have only a small garden: Asparagus, in 12 Inch drills 16 quarto Asjiragufc plants, 4 by l'J feet.......... Barley Beans, in drills, -1 feet Beans, pole, lima. 4 by 4 feet Bean, Carolina, Proline, etc., 4 by a feet Beets and Mangolds, drills, 1Vm feet... Broom com iu drills..Cabbage, outside, for transplanting... Cabbage sown in frames Carrots, in drills. 2 feet. Celery, sttM s.oju 2V: bushels l bushel. 20 o,uartk 10 12 12 4 4 S quarts pound pounds ounceti ounce pound ounee 2Ö.UU0 pounds luundi jiounds pounds pound quarts quart pounds quam quarts ounces pound quarts quarts quarts tjuart quarts quarts quarts quarts bushel pounds pound jxiunds pounds pounds iHunds bushel' bushels pounds jounds pounds I7..rj00 quarts bounds Celery, plants, 4 by feet Clover, White Dutch 12 Clover, Lucerne w Clover, Alsike c Clover, large red with timothy 12 Clover, large red without timothy 16 Com, sugar iu Com, field - .. s Com Salad, drill 10 inches Cucumbers, in hills 3 Cucumber, in drills 4 Egg plants, plants .1 by 2 feet 4 Kndive, in arills 2 feet 3 Max, broadcast. -jo Grass, timothy, with clover c (irass, timothy, without clover. 10 Grass, orcüard . " Uras, red top or herds m ... 20 Urass, blue as (irass, rye 20 Crass, millet....... 'XI liemp, broadcast Kale, German green . .. Lettuce, in rows, feet , Leek, in rows, 2 feet I .awn grass .. Melons, water, in hills, 8 by 8 feet. Melons, citron, in hills, 4 by 4 feet. Oats. .... Okra, in drills. 214 by hi feet I 2 20 Onion, in beds for sets.. 50 Onion, in rows for larpe bulbsMMMM 7 FarsnipK, In drills, 2J; feet... 5 Pepper, plants, 2XA by 1 footPumpkin, in hills, tu by 8 feet... Parsley, in drills. 2 feet.... Peas, in drills, short varieties.. Peas in drills, tall varieties ... Peas, broadcast buhheU a to ! buhhels 3 busneW Potatoes 8 bushel pouads bushel bushels pounds lound pounds pounds quarts pounds pounds ounces ounces 3,X) bushels bUMiel Radish, in drills, 2 feet. 10 10 : :i t 4 3 S a tye, Droacicast. Kye. drilled Salsify, in drills, l't feet ... spinacn, Droaacast Squash, Bush, in hills, 4 by 4 feet Squash, running, 8 by 8 feet ..... Sorghum Turnips, in drills, 2 feet Turnii, broadcast Tomatoes, in frame Tomatoes, seed In hills, 8 by 3 feet Tomatoes, plants Wheat, in drills... w heat, broadcast-. Paul Boyton Probably Killed. Philadelphia North American. Paul Boyton, the celebrated swimmer and inventor of the rubber life-preserving suits, is believedtohavefallenavictimto the war between Peru and Chili. Last fall he entered into a contract with the Government of I'erH to superintenÄ the torpedo service, for which he received a munificent remuneration. Nothing .has been heard from him since Christmas, althongh previous to that time he wrote weekly to an intimate friend in Philadelphia. In his last letter he inclosed his will, and stated the enemy were advancing, and that he believed he would not survive the impending battle. The long silence has filled his friends with alarm. He is believed to have been killed. We cannot haveeverythinginthis world. If we have health, talent and riches, we must have the peculiar temptations which accompany them. God always knows what is best for us; we what is best for ourselves seldom. 25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ! TBK Indian Botanic Physician LATE OF L0SD0X, ENGLAND, TL Uiout sacceMfai catarrh, long and thrt doc tor Id America, ia permanently located at ihm cor tier of Illinois aud Louisiana treati, Indianapolis Indiana, where he will examine all diaeaaea, an tall the complaint without akinf a alngl quwatiou 9Conaultation Free, in either German or log Hah PEBMANIRT CUKES I Dr. Beeves warrants a ernianent cure of tb following diseases: Pile and tumors, itching anc protruding, cured without pain or inntrumaats; Cancers cored In all their forms without the knife or sicknee of the patient. The Doctor has cured han dredf of thia dreadful cauker of the human body, which ha baffled the accumulated fk.il! of age. IU remedie excel anything known to medical science. He define the world to brief bim a caae wbert there it sufficient vitality to sustain the system, that he can. net cur. Anyperaon wishing farther information or treatment, ahould gire hiia a call. Kheumatiim cared and warranted to stay cored in every case. All forms of Blood and Skin Dltetej ar Peroaaently Cared ! Such as tetter, aalt rheoa, scrofula or syphilitic ores, strict ores, seminal weakness or ipermatorho-a, primary and secondary ayphilis, ,onorrhea, ot chroLic renereal, kidney or urinary diseaaee of either ex, young or old, no matter how bad. lie challenge a comparison with any physician in America in caring theee diaeaaea. Loss of manhood restored. The Doctor can refer to hundreds thus affected who credit their present existence to being cored by him. All moles, birth-marki and freckles removed. Also, ail the various diseases of tb eye and ear. FOB THE LADIES ONLY! A - . 9 , " r 1.11,1 I a V , a Muj, muj nriuu Ql 1AIC, iron ( uiiuuwu iu im grave, may, if ill, suffer rom one or more ot the fol lowing diseases, which, the Doctor will poitively cure: Liver complaint, indigestion of the etomach. nervous weaknesses, long: diaeaaea. etc., prolapau ot v. I'M. v 1 irui vi 1 uv. vi if vv. , .yt in ioii, retroversion, antiplexion, retroflexion, or ulceration of thia organ, sick headache, rheumatism and sciatic pains. Droy permanently cured ia a short time without tappiug. (mil or write te the effite, rer. II 11 mot assd LoalaJMna atrectsv. laKtlamaMlia Indiana. Private medical aid. All diseases of a secret nature speedily cured. If in trouble call or write perfectly confldentiaL ANT; OASE or WH1SKT HABIT CX'KEV IK TIN DAYS.

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