Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 28, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1874 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, JANUARY" 27 1874.

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TARE WELL TO 1S73. inmUADTO "TJJUTT CHTRCH rKATKRXITT," CHICAGO, AT IT3 LAST MKKTINQ. Ten year a?o to-day, my friends, Ten year ago to-day, Tbe clouds of war were over us. And peacs seemed far away; Tb str'fe had lasted then so long it seemed 'twould never eee. And it sometimes seemed that victory Wm farther off than peace. The solemn, sombre sound of drums Was always la our ears. A, regiment by regiment. Marched fortn our volunteers. We're coming. Father Abraham, Three- hundred thousand more. With. straining lungs and aching hearts We Biiig the dread encore. And o'er the president himself. Our lea-Jer strong and Rteady. The sh-vlow of his coming ioom Hrootled unseen alreadj . Oar beet and dearest marched away t Onl to find a grave; They Joined the throng innumerable t Of nnretornlng brave. Agairrst the solid rebel ranks ur column stormed and 'hundered; The hospitals were brlmmln? full And gold almost three hundred i Those daya.dffu- friends, were sad enough. To this you'll all aeree Th days of war, and waste, and work. The days of sixty-three. If. then, ami I our double strife 'tlainst bankruptcy and treason, A patriot'lost heart and hope, 1 ie had some sort of reason. But row, let's look about us And see Just where we Mandl 2io war now rears its horrid front in our united land; And every threatening s:orm thai comes ar sky to overcast. Hut leaves it clearer, lovelier Than ever, when 'tis past. The fertile earth pays lavishly For all the work we do. And one year's cotton, grain and pork Supplies the ned of two. 2fo blow so heavy but our strength Is ample to endure it; A litt e Urne ta all the balm We need apply to cure It. lyt's Fee what are some miseries, Misfortunes, disappointments. In th-a deovle have been repaired Hy time's all-healing ointments. Oilcspo burns! The timid say That she will rise no more: Two years roll by, and lo! she stands More giorfou than before! Then dear old Boston follows salt, Not only in the burning. Bot in her happy, hearty style Of back to life returning. Th-n in the Empire City, where Abuses had arisen. They break the plots, and burst the rings, And clap the rogues in prison. One Tictory like that, my friends. Mo many evils righting, I richly worth to all the land Ten years' corruption-fighting. Xome railways have been built by jobs, And come to grief financial; lint soon the troubles Dass away Thentructures are aurmtantlai. Wall Street sends out and builds our roads. And Wall street f Kts the bill: And then when Wall afreet goes to smash. The roads are with us still. (So when the crash came, and the street stopped payment in dismay, o.ir b:tiks, not having built the roads, Oonld ko ahead and pay.) We At out the Virginlus; She's captured on the main, Uut, ere we can a quarrel pick. They nend her back ngiin. And now she's sunk where memories And clam shells cluster 'round her. We might have found he troublesome Uut for that lucky founder! tle'e, ia our own -lec'lon. Our opposltes prevailed : And now that we have failed we find 'Tis fortunate we fal ed. Who knows what in a labyrinth. Inextricably cased. We might have found ourselves Involved. Or rather aar, en-Gaged? Thus all our reasonable wants Our kindly Fate supplies. And even our misfortunes turn To blessings in disguise. Ity all the rule of common sense. Low spirits should be banished, Kince all we hoped has come to pass. And all we feared baa vanished. And yet, and yet, and yet my friends, Tis useless to deny it, ITaviDg no good, sufficient woes Our tempers to disquiet. We conjure np unreal ones With sorcery Satanic, Dres bngabooft to scare ourselves, And so we're In a panic! J9o dangers being imminent. We yet are sore dismayed. And shake with terror in the fear That we shall be afraid. Even so smJl a circumstance As the prevailing lack Of bits of printed paper tinted iren upon the b ck, We magnify into a Fhape That takes away fur breath. As if we'd never known mich things As treason, wounds, and death. Ton years ago, our loss and waste Were of a Kind of treasure That figures never could express, Money could never measure. Ten little years ago, my friends. It would have seemed like Heaven To se onr Union sa'e and sound. And cold at one-eleven ! I5at then, with panics and stampedes, There 1 this one thing sure: Keason has naught to oo wiih them, Can't cause, can't shape, can't euro. Perhaps you'll say, "Where, then's, the use Of at 1 this long oration T Let's face the music, own the corn, , Accept the situation; Hake up on minds, and be resigned To do, as do we shall. The Fame as all the other mules In this unfecced corral. I am stampe.ied.so are yon. And blue as blue can be, A good deal bluer than we were In eighteen sixty-three; Toa needn't amplify the point ; You needn't think we doubt it; Ton need but tell in, if you can, Vht we're to do about it." The boy in the church yard at night Among the tombs and thlt!es. TIow doe he keep his courage np? He says his prayers, and whistles. It's boldly ti ont these monstrous shapes They soon will be laid low; Alive or dead, they're nartght to us. Unless we make them so. These fpectrea we have conjnred np, That now loom so Immense, Fjtem them as they will appear , ijooked back at ten years hence. In eighty three some other man May stand pp here and say: "What UsklWIi times there seemed to be Ten years ago to-day." Let's keep this sterling fact In view, In former times well known, Namely: 'tis union gives us strength, We're onwards when alone. Shoulder to shoulder, hand In hand. Well flght the dread chimera, And thus in patience work and wait For some more prospeous era. Let's show ourselves aVid all the world Onr spines are bone, not g.lstle; I et thoe who can all say their prayers, And 1 (yon see) can whittle.

nOME ASÜFAKM NOTES. An English groom, who is spoken of by Land and Water as a very intelligent young man. effectually cured his master's horse of an acute indisposition to lie down o'nights In the stable, by simply tieing a weight to his tail. ' The advantage of keeping a family cow doeri not consist only in having a supply of tmllh, but in being sure of a good article. She milk of many cows is net as good nor healthy as . et one cow even if ail be wait by, which it apt to be uncertain. Farmers f hould study themselves. Some ucceed well in a specialty where others under the same conditions would fail. One has a genius for stock, another for fruits, another for grain. Cn will. run a lare farm, while ltfu.it another letter to cover little territory and do very thorough work. Bkwahe of the Cellar. Ey storing wet oal in the cellar a family may create great danger. By wetting a mass of freshly bro ken coil the mass is. heated to snch a degree that carburetted and sulphuretted hydrognn are given off fr long periods of time, and pervade the whole nouse. tjca lkavkji. "Mve tno tea leaves for a few davs, thn ht-p them in a tin pail or pan for half an hour, st r.tin through a sieve

and use the tea to wash all Tarnished paint. It requires very little "elbow polish," as the tea acts as a strong detergent, cleansing the paint from all impurities, and making the varnish equal to new. It cleans window Bashes and oilcloths: indeed, any varnished surface J improved by application. It washes window panes and mirrors much better than water, and 13 excellent for cleaning black walnut picture and looking glass frames. It will not do to wash unvarnished paint with it. Whiting is unequaled for cleaning white paint. Take a small quantity on a damp flannel, rub lightly over the surface and you will be surprised at its effects. Another pood uso for tea leaves ia to scatter on the carpet before sweeping. They have a good effect on the dust. Cheese for Meat. A. B. Allen, of New Jersey, says: "Cheese is more easily produced, marketed and kept than butter, and if our countrymen would get into the habit of eating it In the place of meat and butter, it would be better for them. Cheese contains almost the same elements that beef does, and is nearly as hearty, and goes as far when wo consider the great proportion of Done, fat and eristle in the ni;at which can

not be eaten, and consequently has to be put aside. Bread and cheese are half the support of the laboring agricultural da3S in Europe; and where can we find healthier, stouter and more enduring men? The cheese fac tories now turn out an article or superior quality, and at the equally low price of former years when made in the bouse. Cheese is an article which may be produced in unlimited quantity on the wild pastures of the great west, where Indian corn can not be grown at a prolit. Let us men encourage its manufacture by using it more and more in our families." In spite of the above, cheese ia hard to digest and for many reasons not healthy. Pickled Pork. A number of circum stances unite to cause salt pork to be odq of the leading articles of diet in tho farmer family; and for all it is so easily curod, it is astonishing to know how much is lost every year by being improperly cut ana saitea. Much rinds it way to the soap kettle, and a larger amount comes to the table so naaiy tainted as to be unwholesome food. Every farmer should be prepared with a suitable barrel, as the first essential fcr properly saving pork. It should be of good materials; iron bound with an extra heavy hoop at the bottom. It should be provided with a closely fitting cover that will come over the chime. This cover should be provided with a handle. It new wine should not be put into old bottles, there is no danger inputting new Dork into old barrels. Many, indeed. seem to think that there is virtue in an old barrel, and would prefer one that had been in use for years, to one jnst from the shop of the cooper. A well made pork barrel wi l last for years, for the salt it absorbs will preserve it. It should not be used, however. for holding beef, mutton, or even hams and shoulders, which require a different pickle than that required for clear pork. Shampoonino Cattle. Some valuable remarks are given by the New York Times, which may very properly b9 modified by omitting the washing. If farmers will U3e the card and brush properly, it will be a exeat advance on present practice. The ad vantages attendant upon the thorough cur rying and washing the hair and hide are additional beauty, a better digestion, hence irreater ease of fattening and on less amount of food, and directly and indirectly, au influence for good on the whole animal health, anion z which may be mentioned less liabil ity to diarrhoea. Every stable, whether for cow or horse, should have its curry-comb and brush; to these some add the card; and there should be also a tub of water, or weak soan-suds. and a sponge. These should be used at least orce in two days in warm weather, and any farmer who has never tried it will be aston ished bv the marked improvement in his AttlA if ha will onlv adoDt this nlan as an experiment even for a few days. Every one who has ever enjoyed the luxury of sham pooingby a skillful barber, altera lng, dusty ride, can have some idea or how im proved a cow or ox will eel to have his or her skin well cleansed of dust after a long. hot summer day. The cow thus treated will vield more and better milk : the ox or work horse, alter his skin is cleansed, sleeps well and is rested; the next morning he goes forth to his work wrth an elastic step, and consciousness in every movement of health and strength. The time and care taken in cleaning their skins is more than returned in a better product or increased labor. A TOUCHING '1RIBUTE. The Sentinel had prepared an elaborate obituary of the dead Siamese Twins, which was crowded out Tuesday night by other matter. It was just as well. The Cincin nati Enquirer was moved to obituarize in tnls touching fashion: Chang and Eng are, or is, dead. They, or he. were, or was, associated together most Intimately in the manifold walks of life since 1811, or thereabout. In their death they were not divided, indeed, they were never divided at all. Chang and Eng was very harmonious baby, boy and man. They deeply sympathized with each other in every vicissitude through which he was called to pass. The most intimate, even the in oat umbilical, relations existed between Chane and Eng. lie lived together and he died almost simultaneously. No two broth ers were ever so intimate with each Other as was Chang and Eng. For more than sixty years they were so closely associated and se entirely sympathetic that the touch which awakened sleeping Chang also aroused Eng. The caresses, it is said, that Chang bestowed upon Mrs. Chang were equally enjoyed by Eng, though Mrs. Eng was not on such terms of equality. When Eng got into a rage, the wrath of Chang was almost equalled kindled. When Chang mourned, Eng lamented. When Eng rejoiced, Chang was happy. Chang and Eng was a farmer, and be died at their home, in Mount Very, Surry county, North Carolina. The Chang f tart lost his hold upon time on Friday night ast, and on Saturday the Eng part of him breathed his last. Chang has been unwell since last fall, and Bought consolation in the flowing bowl. It is eaid that one cup of kindneia -answered for both Chang and Eng, which fact made bibulousnees economical for the brothers, though it appears that Chang chose in most cases to be the medium between the liquor and the brethren. But, after all. In summing up between the brothers, now that they are no more, we deem it proper to say that in the little differences that may have arisen. between Chang and Engour sympathies were always with Chang. Chang ever appeared to us to have more energy than Eng. Chang, we believe, ba long been accutomed to do the work ot the concern, and Eng to have taken half ot the reward. Chang, in proof of this assertion, did the dying for the firm. We aie not sure that Eng would ever have diüd of himsell. There Isn't the slightest reason to belie e that he would have. In point of fact. Eng never had any bold on our affections. Eg may have be, n interesting from a scientifij point of view, but there was always. to our thinking, somtrimng lacKing in bis character. . UAPtiSKSX. POLLOCK. Where'er a'i evil patIon wa subdard. Or virtue'wfib'Hrinberslaaned; win reer A s u was titartilv abjured, and h-ft : Where'er a pto jh act wn done, or br-a!hed A nlous prnve", or wished a i lfnis vh ; Ther was high aad holy pl'rv.a swt Of sacred light, a luosi ielii"iis :au . Where Lappine. ut-tCi-hdiLg, sal aud smiled.

j lüT Süy AND SHADE. , ; We walked together on the sand ; ' The lasy tide was fretting; The wind blew sweetly from the land ; The summer sun was setting. Lonely and long the white beach lay Beneath the sunset's flushing; The breakers, near and far away. All their white tnmult hushing. A cruel wreck npon the shore 8 poke of the storm's wild doing; We dreamed no tempest evetmore Could blight our summer's wooing. One star wai trembling Into light. In that wide heaven showing; One thought within our hearts that night . Exceeding sweet was growing. We walked, and spoke as lovers.wiil, In voices hushed and tender. Of hopes the future should fulfill, Ol blessings Heaven would render! I walked the lonesome beach to-day; The tide Is still returning; The rishlrg boats at anchor stay; The sunHet fires are burning. ' 1 But tides may ebb and tides may flow, i . And breakers flash and thunder; Unheeded of them all 1 know - He sleeps their tumult ander; He sleeps nor sin nor aching age Hhall chill his youth's endeavor; The years of God his heritage Forever and forever. V m BAXTER. THE BILL AND ITS AUTHOR. '

1113 TEMPERANCE LECTURE AT BLOOMINQTON HOW HE LAYS DOWN TUE LAW IOW THE BAXTER BILL WAS MADE THE BSS OLCTION9 ADOPTED REPLY BY THE H. JCDOE BCSKIRK INTERESTING! SCENES. From an Occasional Correaponüenrbr tne SenUrel.l Bloominqton, Ind., Jan. ID. Last Frkay night tha Hon. Wm! Baxter, author of the temperance law, gave a lecture in the colbge chapel on the "Evils of Intemperance." The people being anxious to hear this man, vho has become noted on account of Indiata's famous liquor law, came out in irreat num bers. The meeting was opened with music bv Professor Stin. who sane. Then prarer b the Rev. Mr M'Nery, of tnto place. ?he speaker, after being introduced by the presi dent of the university, Dr. Nutt, proceeced to unburden his brain oi a few thoughts. lie made no preliminary remarks. Thotgh the gentleman's grammar and ironunication are somewhat defective! yet, the vim with which he enters into his discussion won the entire attention of the aiditory. He is quite forcible in his arguments, and adduced some astounding facts, and just such ones as interests his hearers and erlist their aid in thjfieht against intemserance. When a dsays anything that directly or indirectly interests the mney Eocket, then he gains the owner thererf to is cause. This seemed to be the chief aim of Mr. Baxter. He states how many persons become paupers by intemperance, how many insane, how many go the penientiary, how many suffer the penalty of death on the scaffold and otherwise. ail on account of the use of alcoholic liqtors. "Examining," he; says, "we find that the American people spend annually seven mndred millions of dollars for intoxlciting liquors. Of this large amount perhaps you can have no adequate conception, but if I tell vou that of all the money used for haritable purposes in the "United Sates amounts to about thirty-five million ddlars you might know. Bat I will tell you something else that will tend to show how enormous be traffic in liquoris. Of all the noney spent for food in th:s couutry, oi all (pent for clothing, of all spent for boots and aoea. and of all spent for hats, caps, etc.. would lall short by one hundred millions of teat IMMENSE AMOUNT OF MONET. We may examine the statistics in oar own state and we will find that this cursed in temperance costs the state about seventyfive per cent of her taxes. You talk about high taxes, but if you desire your legisla ture to decrease your taxes you must vtrike down the great monster that li continually swallowing up your hard earnings. ' But they say we have no right to complain. They do not ask us to buy. True. But they sell to the man that has not tbe moral courage to resist tho temptation. ne oecomes irenxiea wiin annK, ties troys our property, and murders our poopfa. Have we not a right, wnen through taem in directly the damago is caused? And who pays the damages or expenses of a prosecu lion ot the ca.se? We, the tax payers who else? If we have to help pay the liJJler, certainly we have a right to say whtt kind of a tune ho shall play. Men talk, alout moderation. What is moderation? Some say it is a wine-glass lull occasionallr, some say it is just enough to makea man feil good. The man in the gutter dead drunk has jnst got enough to make him fefflgood. Thus moderation is anything from a -wine glass full to a hogs head run." Thb but brief extract of what h9 eaid, as he spoke about an hour and three quarters. After some music by the choir, the meeting ad journed until the next night. Saturday night tbe house was crowded. The praise spoken of the other lecture brough cut many more, lue choir sang a national .temper ance anrtiem; then prayer by Prof. Owens, which was followed by the song, "Renounce the Cup," sungs by Prof. Stin, Mr. Baxter was introduced by Prof. Hoas. His lecture that eveuing was upon the "Causes of In temperance" and "THE TEMPERANCE LAW. These causes he makes out to be three: 1. The belief that they are necessary. 2. Be cause it is fashionable to dirnk. 3. The traf fic in the liquor. First, His principal argument was quoting upon the authority o Liieoiz. tne uerman cnemist. that "a man would have to drink four barrels cf beer to get as much nourishment as there would be in as much flour as you could bold on the point el a knife." That a Philadelphia doctor of a hair century practice said that "alcohol when taken into the stomach, if not immediately absorbed, would completely debar digestion. becona. ue says mat young men are like sturgeons. They have not the batkbone to stand up anq say "no," but with a greetle instead of a bone try to wriggle out or away. Let this suffice for the causes. Concerning tbe law. the following are the dim interest ing points: When I went to the legislature I went with the determination of getting a rem peran ce ia w, n possi Die. i ha to cet one that would stand. Some ask-"wfcv did vou not try prohibition ?" No, no! tbat would not do. One was passed in 185, and Judge Perkin knocked It highter than a kite. I had to cut the coat according to tbe cjotb. Men ay have a license. Glad there is no license, and thank God the legislature has wiped this license from your stattte books. Licence is the price of blood, allowing crime to increase the school fund ! Soae object to the clause Haying when these grog-shops 6bould be opened and when closed. I will tell how tbat clause came there. One evening when at a temperauce meeting in Indianapolis, a resolution was pasted praying the common council to pass en ordinance closing saloon at ten o'clock. There I got the idf-a. I aked Doctor , who was with me, bow long a man ousht to rest. "Six hours for sloep, one ai d one-halt for meals, and one and one-half for recreation." Then nine from ten leaves fifteen, which the Uws allows tbe or grog man to stand be-! hind the counter. We now como to the uinih clHe, which has been decided unconstitutional. Hut we havH moved for a rehearing and mo it they will uut decide otaerwis feext time. GOVERNOR HENDRICKS. When be first road tbe bill stopped and i-ked, wbMi he rame to the ninth clause. "Is l.ut that h little too bard?" of a man wl.f m e al!c l oi. to! the house. ' Oil! no," sid Hi- man. um t plained the matter to Ihn suiixi.irii ii o.' Hit governor. Gentle-itit-W, ii i ti.f n'.ly ll.ing we ever ha i ih;it would inakc i l.t in 11 Here thoy g't t heir whisky. J iicii lui.y ot jeci to another clause

which compels them to pay exemplary dam

ages, -hhould we elevate the grog man above us all? They are not tbe only men that have to pay them. This clause was not in the original bill, but was sent up to Indianapolis from a temperance convention held at New Castle, and presided over by J udge Millette. If this law is not a good thing, why is it so much abused and fought against? Man petitions are being sent to the Kentucky,' legislature requesting it to adopt the Indiana temperance law. This law can not be enforced without your aid, it though it is passed. You must work for it, and God will bless and consecrate your efforts." The audience was then entered with a song, "Tommy, don't go," by Prof. Stin. After this, one of tne members Introduced some resolutions, which were adopted by a standing vote, at the request of Mr. Baxter. Ho said he wanted the ladies to vote. Ono man voted in the negative. They were as follows: Whkrkah, Experience has abundantly demon strated that tbe sale and use of Intoxicating liquor as a beverage, is the greatest barrier to the prosperity, happiness and virtue of society: therefore belt Jieaolved. 15y the citizens of Bloorainzton In public meeting assembled, that it la the dutv of every peraon In our common wealth to give his best influence and example against such trnfflc and use. Jieaolied. Tbat as this lezallzed trafSo In alcoholic lends directly and most fearfully to the propagation of intemperance, we are thoroughly In favor of tbe uttt destruction thereof. Jieoltd. lhat we wilL both bv word and the ballot, do all in onr power to elect only tuch men to office as are avowedly and earnestly in favor of the suppression of this giant evil. Keaolveii, That we most deeply regret the decision of a majority of the supreme court Judges on the ninth section of tbe temperance law, aud most heartily commend thedec'ared opinion of Judges Samuel II. Buck Irk and Alex. C Downey, the minority, because we believe tbe opinion of the latter to be more in accordance wlih the true spirit and meaning of our constitution, and most assuredly far more In accordance with that spirit of humanity and civilization which should form the foundation oa which oar constitution code should be baaed. After the adoption of the resolutions, ".NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT" & Was sunz, considerably to the amusement of the house. The chairman. Prof. Uoss, being informed that Judge Samuel II. Buskirk was present, called on bim to give some remarks. After repeated vailing from the people, Mr. Buskirk aroso and spoke as follows: ';. Mr. President and Ladles and Oentleruen: Since when I was chosen to represent you in tbe supreme court I have abstained from politics or delivering peeches of any kind In public bodies like this. Uut as my presence has been discovered I will t-ay a few words. I do not think tbat this assembly is competent to pass a vote of cen sure upon a majority of the members of the tuyrcuio ouuri. i curuenuy request mat you ao not do anything which might tend to prejudice the opinion of a court of justice. If anything should be impartial in its. decis ion It f Is the judiciary. Judges should not bd ' censured for . their honest convic tions. I know those who saw fit to compose the majority, and believe they acted according to what they thought to be their duty. Two of them are tetolalers, and could not have been Influenced by any desire to abet tbe cause of Intemperance. I would not say what I have if I were in the majori:-, for fear some might think or ay that he feels hurt. But standing as 1 do in the minority, I have NO FEAR OP THE RESDT.T Of what I have said. I believe Mr. Baxter to be a good, true and humane man, and think he Is in a .commendable work. Hut 1 would res pectfully atk that, wherever he may speak he would use his influence against any resolution of censure npon a court. If there is any honor in it, I had that of drafting the report ot the minority, it cost a great deal of time and labor. My neighbors, nor the professors with all their learning, and 1 say it respectfully as they have not made law a business, know nothing about the case. They Ifave not examined the reports of eighteen different stares, it is not that respect the people should pay to the decision of the highest tribunal in tbe state when they censure the men of that court for their honest convictions. Hence i respectfully aak that this assembly does not publicly express its opinion upon the acti m oi any member of the supreme court. While we, the minority, believe that we are right, they, the majority, equally believe they are right.' These remarks are of considerable interest, and should be carefully read by enthusiastic temperance folks. P. o. COLLEGE G0S3IP. EVENTS rN nLOOMINQTON BAXTER AS A TEMFEBANCB LECTURER WORK IN THB OOIiLEQE A GKATIFYINQ EXHIBIT. (From an Occasional Correspondent of the Sentinel. Bloominqton, Ind., Jan. 19, 1S74. The most Interesting events of the past week were the lectures of John G. Saie and the Hon. William Baxter. Saxe, the poet, entertains a large and appreciative audience on Tuesday night last. His lecture consisted of the recitations from bis poems, on "Love," tho "Yankee Land," and others, expressing in his quiet wav inimitable humor. Seldom has this community been so gonerally and so deeply moved as they have been by Mr. Baxter's lectures on temperance, and tbe "Baxter Liquor Law." The University chapel was crowded to its utmost capacity on Friday night, to listen to the Hon. William Baxter, the author of the present Indiana liquor law, upon the evils of intemperance, and the utility and necessity of the present law. To 83y that the audience were pleased, comes short of the truth, tor they were de1 ighted and enthused by the eloquence of the speaker. The result was, on Saturday night, a still larger number of citizens Were in attendance, all available standing room being occupied. The universal verdict of those who heard is, that Mr. Baxter, as a temperance lecturer, is second only to John B. Gough in power and eloquence. The Baxter law works well here. Bloomington is without licensed saloons, and will remain so as long as the present law is sustained. Drunkenness and disorder are unknown on our streets. The present term of the state university has opened most successfully, the old students have nearly all returned, and a large number of new students have entered. The people of Bloomington, and faculty and students, are greatly rejoioed to welcome Prof. G. W. Uoss, L L. U., back to his old position again as profeaaor of English literature, lie entered upon tbe duties of his professorship at the beginning of this term, and is giving great satisfaction to tbe studtmta. THE WARD CABINET Is now complete in tbe large hall of the new building, and Prof. Owen is engaged in putting up and arranging tbe celebrated Owen cabinet.' There will be more specimens than can be displayed to advantage, notwithstanding large a room, 100 feet by 50, devoted to this purpose; and it will be - necessary to rill another large room exclusively with . the specimens in tbe department of natural history. Arrangements have been completed to light the new building with gas. It was lighted tor the first' time at the close of Mr. Baxter's lecture on Friday night, and a large number of citizens and visitors were introduced, aud had an opportunity of surveying the hall and specimens by gas light, which every one pronounced to be splendid. The authorities of the university will, next fall,open a past graduate course, designed for those students who whii to pursue special tudit to a greater extent than Is provided lor. In tbe regular collegiate course. Thi past graduate course will embrace the department of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, modrrn lanus:es, astronomy natural philrsspby, clieinl-ary, zoology, botany, mining, mineralogy nieuLurgy.-lvil eng neerin. An advauctid ure in ivngliMli literature, Including Anglo-Saxou, jliUeal economy, together with an advanced course in mental, moral and political philosophy. Thus students will be furnished the means of pursuing thuir . chosen departments or tpeeial studies, to any extent Ibeymaygee proper, under competent InntrucUirs, furnished with ample labilities. lor illustration. When this is done, the youth of Indiana will be supplied in their own university with all the advantages for1 the pursuit of advanced

can j be found at Harvard or Hon. Johnson McCullougb, one of the old and prominent citizens of Bloomington, died on yesterday, aged seventy-five. He was formerly for several jears trustee of the Indiana State University. u.'c. TnE MASONIC LIFE INSURANCE .COMPANY. DOCBTFUI. THOMAS WANTS TO KNOW, AND ASKS SOME QCEKTTONS. 7b Vic Editor of the Sentinel: Srit: I dbdre the use of your columns to say a word about the Masonic mutual benefit insurance organisation. The secretary, Mr. J. O. Martin, is always anxious in his re ports to the Masonic Advocate, to show how cheap we get our insurance, but I have yet to read the first report to show how much money has been collected in full, and what has become of it. That the matter needs looking into, ia to me very evident. That the pian of insurance is 'a poor one, every business man knows; but among masons, the object being a high and 6acred one, it is cheerlully supported, That abuses may creep in Is not surprising. This Masonic life insurance organization was started in business in August or September, 1SG9, being now four years and a half old, since the date of tbe organization. I take it lor granted there has been 5,000 members taken into the organization. Each member, upon receiving a certificate or policy, must pay six dollars. This would make f30.000 re ceived, as a permanent fund. But allovr : that there has been f 10,000 paid for the securing and examination of this 5,000 members, there would still be 520.000 as a guarantee fund oa band, which, if properly invested, ought and should pay the ex pense of running the society, as only one man Is required to attend to it, and at that it is a sice, easy, pleasant place, worth no more than ii,too per year to nil. The guarantee fund, or tbe interest thereof, ought to be amply sufficient to run the organization. According to the last noticethere have been 145 deaths, and tbe same number of assessments. Tbe certificates state that there shall be 20 cents less paid to the heirs of the de cedents than there is collected from the members. Say they collect from four members ti 80, they only pay 4 to the decedents' heirs, lake it for granted tbat the average assessments on each death has been 4,900, you can readily see that 20 cents more col lected than ever paid over, amounts, on each individual member dying, to SOU. Thero has been 145 deaths, and taking the ;S00 as before shown that has been collected, the sum of $150,000, more than was ever paid to the heirs ot decedents. Allow to agents for collecting this sum, or on tbe -total amount collected, $35,000, and we still have ?S0,00D more collected than has ever been paid to decedents. Can any one tell where this sum ot money ha gone to? I would like lor the managers of this masonic insurance Organization to show to the public, as well as to masons, what has become of this sum of fSO.OOO. I believe careful dguring will show a worse state of facts than I have given, but for tbe present I refrain, as it may be possible the organization may have Irom seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars on band, and it may escaped my notice or faded from my recollection. rr. Teure Haute, Ind., January 19, 1ST3. AS TO THE MUTUAL BENEFIT. . RESPONSE TO A POÜBTINO THOMAS OOI,. MARTIN CLEARS TUE DECK AND OPENS ON THE ENEMT. To the Editor of the Sentinel; Sir: In the Sentinel this morning I find a communication regarding the MaBonic Mutual Benefit Society dated fiom Terre Haute and signed "II," In which the writer at tempts to make it appear that there is something wrong in the manage ment ct the society. Every member who has read the article, has already discov ered that the writer was either grossly igner ant or designed to misrepresent the society. Many abler men have attempted to write down tbe society and have signally failed, the facts being pgain.vt them. Was it not that anma mav rami ta tvm mil nia t inn f rAin IT" who aro rot familiar with our history, should rot take time from tie more important duties ef my office to - answer tbe puerile communication. The writer says: "The secretary, Mr. J. O. Martin, is always anxious, in his reports to the Masonic Advocate, to show bow cheap we get our insurance." In this statement "II." is entirely right. I have not only at tempted, but have shown and demonstrated, that the society has furnished insurance to Indiana Masons, lor tbe last four and a half year?, at less than one-half tbe cost of the same amount of insurance in any society or life insurance company in the world. No lifo insurance man has ever even attempted to disprove this, and "II," who is writing in the interest of life insurance monopolies, does not denv it. T he next startling propo sition made by "H" is as follows: "I have yet to read the first report to show bow much money has been collected in full aud what has become of it." If this is true it is not our fault. e have published in our first, second, third and fourth annual reports a statement of tbe exact amount of . money . received during each year, and also an itemized account of the amount' paid out lor lo.pes and expenses. These reports have been ex amined by a committee appointed for that purposo, together with all the books, ac counts and vouchers of the secretary and treasurer, upon which these reports were based, and the committee has CERTIFIED rN EVERY CASE : That the reports were correct to a cent. Tbe members assembled at these various annual meetings have expressed their approbation by unanimously adopting these reports and unanimously re-electing the same officers to conduct the business of the i-ociety. I respectfully refer broth er 'H." to these reports. If he has no copies in his possession I shall be pleased to furnish them rb him. He will find in them much more valuable information than in the insurance docu ments be has been aucustomed to read as an insurance agent. If he is not satisfied with these, if he will come to onr office we will give him access to our books and inform him fully regarding those matters of which, according to his own statement, be is entirely ignorant, and those things he has "taken for granted' without reading to Inform himself of tbe facts. All the rest of the article is based upon assumptions entirely incorrect, bene the conclusions are entirely erroneous. Our reports show bow much has been saved from the margin on implication fees and assessments ami added to the permaI nent fund of the Society. Brother "II." appears u r9 or trat class ' who can not understand : how men can handle trust lunds without stealing a portion of them. As st range as it msy seem to "H.," the officers of t,e M. M. B. Society bav received and disbursed aliiUt seven hundred thousand dollars without misappropriating one

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dollar, and have acounted, and win continue to account for every dollar received. Thi srx-iety will continue to give the cheapest and safest insurance in the state and to do tue same work at one-tenth tbe cort of doingthesameamount of business in any life insurant company, and will, during the year 1874. save more than halt' a . million of money to to the sta'e of Indiana. J. O. Maiuin, .Secretary. " Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 21.

pOURTrJ GRAND GIFT CONCERT !. r the benefit of the

PÜBLI0 LLBBABY OT lEmJOXT. . t OVER A MILLION IN BANK, , ASO A Pull Dra-wlDfir Assured TUESDAY, THE 3 1ST OP MARCH 5IIT. Only CC.OOO tickets have been Issued, and SI, 5 OO.OOO, Divided Into 12,000 cash gifts, will be dlitribnted by lot among the ticket holders. LIST OP GIFTS. One Grand On.sh Cilft Oue Oraud Cash (Jlft . 1UG,U one urand Cat U Uift. One Urand cash Gilt., One Urand Cash ti 1ft. 25, 17," 1ÖCM3 S0,(JC 40.0UC 5.UUC f,t) föO.UUO 10 Cash Gifts, $10,M each f) Cash Gifu, 5,imu each . 3) Cash Uirts. N) Cash Gifts, 100 Cash Gift, 130 Cah Gins, 250 Cash Gifts, 35 Cash Gifts. l.CüOeach. dMeach. 40 each. SOeacli.. SO each. 100 ech oU each ll.CXju Cash Gilts, Total, 12,000 UiAs, all cash, amotintlc to 9100,00 The Concert and Distribution of Gift will pos itively and unequivocally take place on theday now fixed, whether all the ticket are sold or not. andthel2,(ugiU8all paid In proportion to tha numoer or ucKeis soia. PlilCE OF TICKETS. TVTiole ticket, föO: halves. C5: tenths, or each coupon, $5. Eleven whole tickets for $3uu: iES tickets for tl.UUO: 11.1 whole Mckets for &,0u0: 2.V whole tickets lor cin.UJU. rto-diaooan on leas than 93U0 worth of tickets. TII08. E. BRAMLETTE. As?nt Public Library Kentucky and Vanaeer Gift Concert, Public Library .Building, Louisluie, aj. For full Information apply to JOIIX n. MoOORMIL'K.Sl West Washington street, Indianapolis. - aafflnsfiiisr i jyjISSOCM STATE LOTTERT. Legalized tj Btats lattorltr tni Drsvi la Pt Is Bt LouIm. Grand Single Number Scheme.. Claas A. to be Drawn Jan. 21, 18J. 5,880 Prizes, Amomtkg to 300,000. I jinm of 1 nri.. SOPprl? prti icf. ins .. i. - cos . 0 30 - ao no .. r.o I of. 1 prize oT. 1 prise of... 4 prizes of. 4 prixes of. "A nri T f 10,'JW , 7..V0 prii of. 9 prfw of. 36 prlxns of. 86 prtiea of. lx)prlisot l,iai CP 20 prizes of 200 5,0u0 priiee of.. 10 IkleUSlO. foif Mets, $5. Quarter . &5f. Bs" Onr lotteries are chartered by lbs tte,area) ways drawn at toe tln nfmed, and all drewvoga ar nrv.er the supervision of sworn comm!Mlorers. WTTHe oülclal drawing wM be published IntlittX Louis papers, and acovy of Disvtiurf tsat to pcrchaMr ol tickets. S we will draw a similar cchcrre us last day c every month rinrlu tr yr 174. X-Remlt at our risk by rTOFFICw XOXITI ORDER. RKOTSTERED LETTER, DKAPT, or KX r-UE&d. bend for a circular. A!Jr, ilURRAY, M1LLE". DO Poxtofflc Box Z4M ktf tai Mn. TNDIAXAPOLIN SB BID STORE. TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUHGABIAH Kentnchy Bine Graes, Eorllah Blae Grass, Red Clover, Hg BorUsa CXtt, Alsike. and a full assonaient ( FIELD, GARDEN AND FLOWER SEED, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Agents wanted for I. M. Ferry 4k Co.'a Seed. Vhite Poland and Barley Seed Oats. nOUCK, GRE3H A OO, 1 West Washington street, ladlaaapolla. GENERAL AQZNTO Por Calkin's Champion Wsher, the Imperial Plow and Bells, tbe Cnuipioa HeaprM and Mownrs. U Western Walking flow. A full line ol rnt-ciaa Axrlcultnml ImpKruents ai ways to store. B 4 U ORDER, SEEDS, O BRIGG'S Sc BPO.'S JANUARY QUARTERLY I The finest Floral Work ever lsnaed in thia country. lub:ished quarterly tbe four numbers sent to any address tor 23 cents com prlainr an Illustrated and descriptive Catalogue of all tbe Heed, Bulbs and Plants 'sold by Brlgirs A Brother, Seedsmen and Florist, Rochester, .New York, together with elaborate treatises upon tha care and culture f the same. Over 1,001 premiums taken In the United States in 1S73 upou the producta of lirlgss & Brother's Heeds. The January number alone will will be worth more than a 32 book. Parties purchaalrg 11 worth or upward of Heeds are credited with a subscription for the following year. We challenge comparison on prices and alae of packet. Address, BRIGGS A BnOTnEB, Roehfaier, If. T. NOTIICE OF AK&IGXEE IS BiBKKIT1CT. District Court of the United Btate, fcr the District of Indiana. William K. Mtad, bankrupt, in baotruptcy. At Lawreneeburg, on the 'Jßthday cf December. 1S73, before William H. Mathews, Register in Bankruptcy. The undersigned hereby gives notice of bts appointment as assignee of William K. Mead, of Jennings county, in the State of Indiana, within sala district, who baa been adjudged a bankrupt upon the petition of his creditors, by tha district court of said district. HORATIO BYFIELD, Assignee In Bankruptcy of Wm. K. Mead. January 1, 1?(74. NOTICK OP ASSIGNEE OP IIIS APPOISTMEM, District Court of Indians, bs.: At Indianapolis, the 13th day cf Jaaaary A . D 1874. Tne undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as asa'gneeof trank A. BoyJ,u tho county of Marion and Htateof Indiana, within said District, who has been adjudsfd a bankrupt, upon his creditors' petition, by the District Court ot said District.JOKN C. BRÜSIT, Assignee. $1.50. TIIK SUKJsERY. A Monihlv Macailne for Yonng Rei der. Ruperblv Illustrated. Send for mrr ?le number. Now is the time to suv;rlbe. 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