Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1878 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOHNING, FEBRUARY- 6, 1878.

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AS UNEQUAL GAME.

A moment of loving and laughter, A Jest an1 gay good-by. If you one short week after Forget, why may not I? To you but a moment's feeling, A touch and a tender tone; A woun-t tht knows no healing To me who am left alone. A wound and an aching wonder That lightly you go from me. That we must le kept asunder By the cold abiding sea. Blackwood's Magaiine. STATE KEWS. There are 07 priests in the diocese of Fort "Wayne. Corn is selling along the Ohio river at from 35 to 37Ja cents a bushel. A fatal disease has maile its appearance among the horses at Fort Wayne. Wheat has sold higher in New Harmony since January 1 than in Evansville. . A sale of 10,000 bushels of wheat was made at Vincennes recently, 31 cents Fr bushel being the price received. Bloomington Courier: The late cold snap did not check the growth ol the wheat in this section of the state. Many of the farmers in Clay county have lost their pork, it having spoiled during the long continued warm weather. A JefTersonville genius is inventing an iron horse to be used in running street cars. It is believed it will be a saccess. The dirt roads throughout the state are in a bad condition. Those that are graveled ju-e the only ones that are passable. Vincennes Times: The growing wheat looks well and promises an abundant yield, should there be no untoward event. Two hundred dollars are offered by one of the citizens of Brazil to assist in having a pood road between Brazil and Bowling Jreen. Kockport Journal: The leaf tobacco market is firm, with an upward tendency on all grades, with an advance on last week's prices of one cent per pound. It is reported that the contract for building the narrow gauge railroad from the "Wabash to Switz City wis let last week to Lyon, Thacker, Buel fc Co., to be completed by the 1st of July, 1S78. The Brazil Miner says: Pork, potatoes, butter, eggs and some other products to satisfy the inner man are chap in companion with other winters, for which the con Burner should feel grateful. Wabash Courier: The roads still continue bad. They are so rearly. impassable that there is but little traveling, and tbose who are compelled to do any kind of hauling are forced to hitch on four horses. Bloomington Courier: Eggs are plenty at only 10 cents a dozen retail. The supply exceeds the demand to such an extent that hundreds of dozens are shipped from here weekly. The hens mean business. New Harmony Register: The pork business has been rather brisk this week, seveaal large droves having been slaughtered and packed. The price rose at one time to $4 25, but at this wiiting only $1 is offered. A strange disease, resembling the epidemic, has broken out among the horses in Jefferson county, and is proving fatal, several fine horses having died in the past few days. It baffles the skill of the veterinary surgeons in that c aity. The friends of persons who have died recently in ( Fort Wayne guard the graves carefully. There is much anxiety felt about the bodies of the dead buried late last tall, as it is believed that the "body snatching" has been much more general than was supposed. Edinbnrg Courier: The pork packing house at Franklin has closed up for the season. They have slaughtered during the season 17,020 hogs, paying out for the same nearly $200,000. The hog crop in Johnson county has been nearly a third larger this year than it was last. Gospel temperance meetings are being beld in the penitentiary at JefTersonville. The prisoners are very eager in their desire for reading matter, and, as has been suggested time" and again, a btondle of papers, dailies or weeklies, or pamphlets or books, will be most gratefully received. Bloomington Courier: The contract for building the narrow gauge railroad from Ewitz City to Sullivan has been let, and the work is to be completed by July of this year. The road is already completed from Sullivan to the Wabash. This is encouraging for Bedford, and she ought to pay her tax without making so much fu33 about it. Columbus Democrat: The wheat fields in this county look as fresh and green as they usually do in May. The ground is covered with a thick mat of heavy growth that delights the eye to look upon. With a favorable season our wheat crop promises to be enormous. A greater breadth of land was own last fall than for several years. The Fort Wayne Gazette says, in .view of ' the body snatching now going on in that city: Great anxiety and expense could be prevented by the building of a receiving vault in Lindeuwood and other cemeteries, in which bodies could be retained until decomposition had commenced, placing them beyond the use of dissectors. The different associations will do well to take this under careful consideration, and that immediately. Fulton county people are agitating the subject of more gravel roads in their district of the state. A recent article in the Rochester Sentinel proves most conclusively that the cost of building such roads has been greatly exaggerated, and the farmers will do well to compare the great profit to their farms with the trifling expense, before deciding not to build. By a series of well drawn conclusions, it is shown that good roads can be built all over the county at an average cost of 50 cents for each acre of ground owned by the farmers, and the increase value of lands lying adjacent to such highways would far more than balance the original expenditure. Terre Haute Express: The Louisville Courier-Journal says: "A Louisville man sits upon the supreme bench. It was a vote transferred from & Louisville man that nominated Rutherford 11. Hayes for president of -the United States. It is a Louisville man who is fighting the British government and striving to annex the Saraoan Islands to the United States. It is a Louisville man that mighty Boston has just brought forward for the presidency in 13.50. The greatest Jiving American tragedienne is a Louisville woman. All this, and much more. Yet you never bear Louisville calling herself 'the Paris of America.' " A Terre Haute man sits in the cabinet at Washington; a Terre Haute barber waa the first president of the republic of Liberia; two Terre Haute men sit in the senate .of the United States; a Terre Haute preacher was the first colored United States senator; a book written by a Terre Haute man has hurled defiance into the doors of the Vatican; a Terre Haute poet -wrote the national song of "E 1'lunbus

Unum;" a Terre Haute man gave away $2,000 000 in benevolence and charity; the twelfth president of the United States took bis first lesson in warfare in the old log fort which preceded Terre Haute; a Terre Haute man is the main prop of the Iturbide dynasty in Mexico, and will be regent when the empire is restored; a Terre Haute man has just made a speech which is being read by more people than any speech ever delivered before in the country; Terre Haute has the greatest living "medium" and the only one that can materialize George Washington, and Terre Haute has the most remarkable echo and biggest distillery but one in the world. Yet you never hear Terre Haute calling herself "the Pans of America." ALL SORTS.

It is not much the warld can give With all Its subtle art. And gold alone Is not the thing To satisfy the heart. But Oh! If those who cluster round The altar and the hearth. Have gentle ways and loving words How beautiful Is earth! Says the Troy Times: '"Those who advertise now are sure to get the best of existing trade, and they are besides sowing seed for tjie harvest to come." In England the women always purchase the groceries and provisions for the family; if a man should attempt such a thing some housewife would pin a dishcloth to his coattail. The senate committee on commerce will, according to present indications, report adversely on the nomination of Judge William son to be collector of customs lor New Orleans. AH the churches and schools of Topeka, Kansas, have been closed on account of the alarming prevalence of scarlet fever. There will he co more public gatherings until it abates. "In choosing a wife," says the Phrenological Journal, "be governed by her chin." The worst of that is, that after having chosen a wife one is apt to keep on being governed in the same way. The difference between noted men and noted women is said to be that the men always like to see themselves in print, asd that the women prefer to see themselves in silks and velvets. A man in Peekskill, X. Y., has tried to get up an old maid show and made a miserable failure of it A thorough canvass has demonstrated that the oldest unmarried lady in Beekskill is 23. Boston Post Lace mittens are coming into style, but the stripling who is presented with one goes home with a soul as fell of bitterness as his father did in the long, long ago, when he got one of the old fashioned blue yarn kind. "What is the best remedy," asked a preacher of a shrewd observer, "for an inattentive audience?" "Give them something to attend to,"' was the significant reply: "hungry sheep will look up to the rack if tUere is hay in it." The state dept of Ohio is $1,479,505. The local debts of counties and cities. $31,32S,00O. The total receipts for school purposes, with balance in the treasury, amounted to $11,C32.000. Paid in teachers' salaries during the year, $V37,000. The number of teachers in the publlic schools is 23,003; the number of pupil., 772,000; the value of school property, $21,145,000. Such statistics are honorable to the Buckeye state. Chicago Inter Ocean. Cows pastured on rye will fatten and give a greater quantity of milk than they will when pastured on the wild ranee or fed corn in the ear. Even in winter the butter has a nice golden color and sells well. If sown early on well prepared land rye will afford more pasturage to the acre during fall, winter and spring than the blue grass or timothy. Rye pasture is cheaper and easier to be bad in winter than root crops, and grows faster in the early spring than the usual pasture grasses. Sow in May for summer pasture, and in the fall for spring pasture. New York Herald. The darkey's philosophy is sometimes as good as tbat of the pale face. In f pi te of his orthography he expresses the general sense of the community in the following lines: Ob, bless us, Masser, eben ef we's doin' wrong to-night. Cos den we'll need de blessin' mor'n ef we's doin right. We always 'tends to do all right; bat de debbll he in strong, An' den befo' we knows It we Is doin' what is wrong. De Massr np above He knows how berry weak wi) l. An' He'll hab a little mercy when we gets our dander rlz; It's eay null to talk about de peace you wish you had, An' quite auodder thing, you know, to smile w'en you is mad. The extraordinary times upon which we have fallen demand 'every where a faithful and impartial execution of the laws. Men who are guilty of fraudulent practices must be hunted down and punished. The spirit of wild speculation engendered during the war is, happily, about over. But in many directions terrible vices yet remain, and gambling and dissipation in all our large cities yet prevails without any proper efforts on the part of the authorities to suppressor to, at least, restrain them. The young men of to-day,. who occupy responsible positions, are to become the business men of the near future, and the business men of to day should exact from these a strict observance of a code of morals following which they will grow up honest men. Cincinnati claims to be the Paris of America. No city will wish to dispute the claim, and, in fact, Cincinnati herself begins to question the propriety of many of her customs. She has 3,000 liquor shops to 132 churches. Catholic and Protestant; 400 gambling hells, 500 houses of ill fame and theatrical and other shows of every name and nature running daily and nightly, Sundays included, some of them eo shamefully indecent that tne police have been compelled to violate Parisian "liberty," and arrest the actors and managers. All -this is breeding crime, domestic wretchedness, pauperism and ruin with hotb?d rapidity, and the better classes are moved to stretch forth the hand to save the city from its hell holes and influences. Rochester Democrat. Anybody can make a telephone nseful at a distance of over 100 yards if he follows the directions riven by Professor Birrett in a recent lecture. The materials needed are cheap and easily obtained two wooden tooth . powder boxes, two disks of tinned sheet iron, two bar mngnets, two small silk reels and some iron wire. Cut a hole about the size of a half dollar piece in the lid and bottom of one of the wooden boxes, place one of the disks of tin on the outside of the bottom of the box and fix the cover on the tia; on one end of one of the bar magnets place the reel and wind on the reel the iron wire, leaving the ends loose; and, lastly, attach the other end of the magnet as near as possible to the disk, but take care tht it does not touch the disk. One end of the telephone is bow finished. Follow the same directions in making the other end. Connect both ends of the telephone with the wire and the machine is complete.

AFFAIRS AT TILE CAPITAL.

Men and Matters at Washington City Discussed and Described. Some Comment on tne Cnrreney Question T tie Ilereales of Beecher and Frotblngham Reminiscences f Yorhe' Speech The Record ol a Philanthropist. (Special Correspondence of the Sentinel. Washisgtos, Jin. 25. Having "strengthened tbe national credit" by the act of 1869, repealing tbe bill under which the 5-20 bonds were issued, thus impairing the validity of contracts, having again "stiffened" the public honor by demonetizing a constitutional and legal coin, thus destroying a means of meeting the national obligations, and, finally having consummated the invigorating process by the passage of the resumption act, thus insuring tbe present cheerful prosperity of all branches of industry, tbe late republican party, in its unequaled zeal and anxiety to still further increase the existing encouraging condition of financial matters, has been reinforced by the labors of two notorious eastern divines, one the low religious comedian of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, and the other a gentleman of the euphonious and sngzestive name of Froth-ingham, and a sorry figure indeed, in their new role do they exhibit par nobile fratrum. Tbe former, no doubt, is a success in the fine art of nest hiding, illustrating Earoiysmal free love and abolishing hell, as e has already enjoyed a section of the judgment day, and to tbe Froth of the efforts of both the new recruits, the advocates of general ruin are welcome. The belief is becoming quite general that the present aspect of things is not tbe most promising, but whether the alleged, and almost universally believed, causes named are closely connected witb the observed effects, is tbe interesting problem. One thing is certain, and we have high authority for thetruth of tbe sentiment, unless the Bible, too, is, in the language of the immortal eight of the electoral commission, aliunde, that "affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground," and there may possibly be a reasonable doubt whether "every act or declaration looking to tbe maintaining or strengthening of the national credit originated by the act of the republican party." Perhaps tbat is so and again perhaps not. Waiving the question as to whether the theory of homeopathy the hair of the dog hypothesis is the best system in practice in alleviating the ills that flesh is heir to, it will not seriously be claimed that in the higher domain of finances the same cause tbat produces trouble if persisted in will remedy the evil. THE PKIE8T TO MOLOCH. . The great Beecher, in Christian meekness,, caressed the friends of remonetizing silver in such tender and endearing terms as "they are bull headed, without eyes, endeavoring to undermine the integrity of the nation. The miscreants deserve an infamy adeep as the lowest depths of hell.7' But this same classical humbug tells us that "gold is the standard in Asia, Africa. Europe and America; that it is a universal, unchanging standard." Whereas tbe fact is.and even common nnenlightened"bull heads" know it, tbat of the two coins, gold and silver, the latter is and almost always has been the more uniform both in value and in production, and that when not interfered with by legislation in the "credit strengthening" process it has very generally ranked gold in value. And further, even the untutored miscreants inhabiting the rural districts of Indiana know that of the money using people of the earth largely over 800,000,000 use silver only, while but about 180,000,000 use gold alone, and 132,000,000 use gold and silver, and the white savages of the benighted west are laboring under the conviction that all bonds issued since 1S70 are expressly and in terms made payable in coin, gold and silver of the value then existing, and they are determined in the light of their ignorance that Mr. Sbylock shall have his pound of flesh, but not a drop of blood. They also remember that when silver was clandestinely, fraudulently, surreptitiously, and under lying pretences demonetized it was at a premium above gold, and that there was a sneaking, devilish purpose in banishing it from coining and circulation. If, therefore, Beecher knows no more about hell and true religion than he does about finances be would as well observe the old adae, "ne sutor ultra crepidam" cobbler, stick to your last and he will raise a strong suspicion that if there is no hell or devil some judicious substitute should be speedily provided for the punishment of "nest hiding," as well as for bearing false witness against a better informed brother. One would suppose that the present congestion and the paralysis of the nervous centres of trade, business and industries, so to speak, were sufficient to gratify the most inordinate ambition of the admirers of the "credit strengthening" legislation of the great republican party. Is any one so demented or "bull headed" as to believe that but for the criminal quackery of this party in finance legislation we would now lie enjoying the blessings of the present "widespread ruin; misery, bankruptcy and suffering? THE HOS. I). W. VOORREES. Never were the facts better put. more eloquently portrayed and more signally enforced on behalf of the people than by Indiana's distinguished junior senator. His speech is the sensation of the capital. It falls to the lot of Tew men; it is indeed rarely the case that a new senator makes such a decided success. His praise is the general theme of conversation, and he may well feel proud of his audience. The weather was tine, and such an audience greeted him as is rarely witnessed. Not only were the galleries packed, but the senrte chamber was crowded. Members of the house in large numbers attended, and hij every utterance was listened to with marked attention. Not only all the titting, but standing room was occupied. Among tae listeners in the galleries were hundreds of intelligent farmers and laborers from the country, and there was no mistaking their verdict, and in fact, with lit'le exception, his entire audience was in evident sympathy with him. Never coald ii be said with less truth that the speaker addressed, the galleries in the disparaging sense of the expression. lie beld his listeners closely absorbed in hia every utterance. The truth is his words found an echo; a hearty response, a sympathetic reception in the minas of nine-tenths of the voters present, for tbe plain reason that he spoke the solid facts, and the best possible commentary on his speech lies in the interesting truth that none of the real repudiate ra of John Sherman kind attempt even the semblance of argument to controvert his positions; not even tbat "relic of departed greatness and repository of high sounding words," tbe New York Tribune, and at the close of the oration there was a spontaneous, irrepressible, nearly, responsive applause, by no means confined to the galleries. The great secret of the success of the senator was not so much that (he speech was well deliv

ered, the facts well put, and the reasoning sound, but that the sentiments uttered met with a feeling sense, a realizing consciousness, a thorough conviction of their truth. And as a fitting compliment to the senator, a demand; is made for the speech that will require a million copies to supply. If, as bis opponents insist, Mr. Voorhees knows nothing of finance, unless your correspondent is much mistaken about the time of coming elections there will be very convincing proof that there are some wise persons who knew less. The Republican of this city commends tbe speech in the warmest terms. It would be useless to attempt to give an outline even of the effort, as it will be read by all, and it must be read to be appreciated. That the senator spoke the sentiments of fifty thousand majority of the people of Indiana is putting it mild and moderate. And what is notable, republicans here in great numbers are loud in praise of the senator. THE CONTEST, Generally capital merely minus the power is easily wielded, readily concentrated. It is bound to come to grief in this contest, forced by itself. The enforced idleness of millions; . tbe general suspension of business; the numerous failures; the paralyzed commerce; the widespread suffering; the hungry stomachs, supply an argument that no eloquence can equal; and when called on to meet the ironical, cruel, villainous remark of the Shylocas, "Do you propose paying ns in silver, worth 93 cents to the dollar?" tbe question is met by the savage retort, "Who made silver worth 93 cents? It was worth 103 cents on the dollar when you stole it from us. Kemonetize the dollar of the daddies; reinvest it with all the functions of money, place it where it was, and all will be right" The traditionary receptions at the capital are neither so numerous nor so brilliant as often. But the Flora McFlimseys the shoddies are not wanting. Revelry and mirth are illy becoming the present suffering times. The producers not only, but many absorbers of wealth are in pinching circumstances. This is hardly a time for the fiddling of Nero there is other music in the air. Those who neither "toil nor spin," but yet excel Solomon in gorgeous array, will of necessity become less numerous. THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT is thoroughly inaugurated here. Many thousands have taken the pledge and are wearing the blue or red. The largest revival in the city has developed in Gorsuch Methodist chapel, and as a result the saloons are doing little business in South Washington. MurEhy himself is to be here on the 27 th instant; ut tbe. local speakers and the reformed are doing good service. While the excitement is productive of good, it may safely be predicted that some sort of diversion amusement and indulgence in gratifying appetite will prevail, till their place are taken by higher substitutes, under increased enlightenment. But the enthusiast, tbe idealist; are as necessary as the conservative. THE W0MAX 6CTFRAGISTS have had their annual pilgrimage here, though they have not met with very encouraging success. Their cause lies in the direction of ultimate, limited success, and until tbe industrial element of society shall nearly absorb and replace the military, and until education, general intelligence and higher progress are established, no radical change in the condition of the sex as to political rights would be desirable. The evident tendency is in the direction indicated. Every human being constitutes a unit of force for good or evil, and as the evil is abounding let the good be given free expression; if not in best wisdom, let it still have unrestrained exercise. It is only by agitation, discussion, conflict of thought with thought, to the point of light with as little heat as may be, that human progress is assured. GEORGE MCLLER, the world renowned philanthropist, preacher and teacher, has been holding a series of meetings here, and a brief description of the man and of his labors may not prove uninteresting to your readers. He is now in his 73d year, and when about 20 years of age and while a student in a German university preparing for tbe ministry, he became strongly convinced of the reality of religion, and was sent under pay as missionary to England to convert the Jews. Meetiug with discouraging success, he abandoned the task and set up on his own account, preaching to small congregations with such compensation as bis hearers were pleased to give him. - In course of time his attention was called to the condition of the poor children, orphans and waifs of society, and with such limited means as he had opened schools, etc., depending wholly on voluutary, unsolicited contributions. For near 50 years he has lived a life of trust, and from small beginnings he has now over 2,000 scholars under his care, with- several large, commodious buildings well furnished, and necessitating a daily outlay of about $700. He has educated over 00,000 children, the worst of the kind, and converted them into useful human beings. He has raised near five million of dollars - without asking any man or woman for a cent. He never goes in debt a dollar, keeping all donations separate, devoting each donated fund exclusively to the objects designated by the donor, never borrowing from one account to supply the wants of another. He is truly a wonderful man. His life is an illustrated example of the living, practical Christian; no visionary; no entnusiast highly educated. His success, in appearance, lies in his thorough, unselfish devotion to bis high mission. . His artless simplicity, his nnatlected sincerity, bis total freedom from all effort at display, his strong will power, bis concentration of thought and of action, his eloquent earnestness, his evident Eiety and devotion, with a knowledge in his earers that they have before them and are listening to one whose outer life reflects the living reality of his inner self, all concur in giving him a power in preaching.which your correspondent has never seen equaled. HIS METHOD. There is no oratory in his sermons. He takes a text, and invests it with such life, beauty and instruction as no other can or does. His life and labors are a living sermon. Ills theory is tbat he owes all to constant prayer, faith, trust in the power and willingness of God, and there is a high order of intellectual merit in his explanations. His pastoral efforts seem all ipromptu; speaks readily without note or seeming preparation. His utterances spring from realizing conviction; says nothing for effect merely, and when he is done he stops. There is in him an entire absence of every trait of sectarianism. He preaches in all the churches to which he is invited. Much of success is doubtless due to his singularly physical organization. Leaving tbe question of free will, so called, there can be no ques-' tion that will power well directed counts for much, very much. He fills the best definition of a truly great nAn. A high, intense realization of a noblest purpose in life, and an entire, unselfish consecration of all his energies to the consummation of that purpose. He has rare power of concentration. His knowledge of the Bible is little short of a concordance. And while be conforms in his church services to the peculiar forms of worship in the congregation in which he is officiating, one can not well divest himself ef the belief that in his plain ministrations the usual accessories are obstructions and a mockery. The

analysis explanation of bis success In its first terms wo"uld lead perhaps to the admission that something is due to the exercise of powers, in simple faith, the girt of superhuman agency. "Canst latet, vis est notissima" the effect is evident, whatever the source of power. What a commentary ou much of the modern commercial religion! Such, for.mstance, as is put on the boards in "Beecher's church. But then, what is called worship is Biniply an expression of the intellectual and epiritaal condition of the worshipers. It's all riht; the writer is not complaining is only stating what appears to him facts. Mr. Muller delivered his farewell sermon Sunday, the 20th. After a visit south it is his purpose, God willing, to make a tour of the west Observer. One or My Letters. Boston Times. Three score and ten is not a very green old age if, as good astronomers assert, the period ot time in which this earth will be inhabited is as a minute to eternity of its actual existence. And yet some people really forget that they were eer young. There she stood, the apple of their eyes, trembling with suppressed weeps. Tbeir frowns deepened as the mother wiped her glasses preparatory to reading a letter found in the girl's pocket. It began, "Oh, angel of my existence." "What!" howled the male parent, MDo you mean to say it begins like that? Oh! that a child of mine should correspond with but pray proceed my dear." "Hem! existence spelled with an 'a,' too!" proceeded the mother. "Why, the lunatic can't spell," chipped in the old man. "It is impossible for me to describe the joy with which your presence has filled me." "Then why does he attempt it, ass! But pray, don't let me interrupt you. Go on go on; let joy be unoonfined." "I have spent the whole night In thinking of you" that's rural istic, ain't it?) "and bitterly deriding tbe obstinate old whelp who will not consent to our marriage." "Oh! let me get at him! Whelp! Is thy servant a toad that he should thu3 be spoken of?" "But Theodoras, my dear," interrupted his other half. "Yes, yes; one moment I was about to observe that the hand that could pen such words would not hesitate to scalp the most cherished relative." "Theodoras, I didn't see this over the leaf." "Eh! let me see; hum! 'Yours with all the love of my heart Theodoras, May 10, 1835. Why, bless my eyes, it's one of my letters!" (Sensation.) "Yes, pa," chimed in the young joker, "I found it in the closet yesterday only you wouldn't let me speak!" "You may go to the park, my child. Hem! we've made a nice mess of it" "Yes, love. Next time we will look at the date first" No KnOIIns; In His Night Shirt. Detroit I'ree Press. Saturday forenoon a little old woman who had come to town in a one horse wagon entered a store on Woodward avenue where gents' f umishinggoods are sold, and asked if they kept such a thing as a man's night shirt. ' Certainly we do," was the reply, as the clerk reached for a box. "Well, my old man was traveling down in Rhode Island last fall, and he heard about 'em and saw one," she continued, "and he's been half crazy ever since to own a couple. Things have come to a pretty pass when men have got to have one shirt for day and the other for night, but Thomas is rather childish and I thought I'd git him one." "Most all men wear .'em now." said the clerk, as he opened the box. "What price do you want to pay?" "Well, I dunno," she mused, as she picked up one after another and let them drop. "I didn't say I wanted t ne for myself, did I?" "Why, no; of course not These are gentlemen's night shirts, madam three different styles." She picked np the plainest one, shook it out, held it at arm's length, and coldly said: - "Young man, do yon pretend to call this garment a night shirt for a man?" "Yes, ma'am." "You do, eh? You stick to it that this frilling and furbelo wing , and tucking and ruffling belongs on a man's night shirt?" "I do." "Then you'd better go to 'driving a sand wagon, young man!" she snapped as she threw the garment down. "I've worn night gowns for 51 years, and if the day has come when a young moonshine like you puts on airs to tell me that I don't know what a night gown is, my' old man can sleep in a harness for ail the night shirt he'll ever get me to buy. Good day, young man!"

Pay or No Pay. Correspondent llural New Yorker. Does such and such a crop pay, or does such a kind of stock pey? has become a standing query. Nov, pay is the difference between a certain amount of outlay ana a certain amount of income, and it is only when the income is greater tbat it is said to pay. In all investments on a farm it is very necessary to hold the money outlay in check and make up tbe deficiency with extra care and brains. The slip shod mode of management so common never pays, and all "slip shoddies" to coin a new word say that nothing pays, and it is only from that class that we hear the cry, "farming don't pay." A careful man makes everything pay; he bestows care upon every operation, and during every moment of that operation. His mind is totally given to his business, which he conceives to be to produce the best possible article. It is not the crop or stock that with some does not pay; itisthenan that doesn't pay (attention understood, as we used to say in our parsing lesson.) The fact is, when anything on a farm doesn't pay it is because it baa no chance. The moment a mai finds tbat bis labor doesn't pay let him increase the amount of outlay in that line; that is to say, let him increase his capital by the addition of brains, care, perseverance and courage, and the pay will come. Producing a great quantity of a thing overstocks tbe market; but producing a high quality always increases the number of buyers. The market is Bhort, the price runs up, and then "it pays." HeepinffSlieep. Ohio Farmer. There is more profit, . on the average, in keeping sheep In this country, than in any other country on thu globe. With the exception of Holland and Belgium, tbe annual weight of flesh in America exceeds tbat of any other country. In those two countries the average weight in sixty pounds; in America it is fifty-two pounds. But owing to the higher price received here for wool, the annual revenue from each sheep here is just double that in Belgi um, and nearly double that in Holland, Tae annual revenue here is $116, on the average Australia is next kighe&t, $1 50, Spain next, $L45. Only five other countries exceed one dollar, and in Russia and Greece the revenne is only fortytwo cents. The average weight,' as well as the price, will be largely increased when the va't rlocKS of coarse wooled sheen in the west have been bred up to the condition they undoubtedly will be in a few years from now.

LEGAL.

Administrator's Sale of Real Estate. . The unde-s'gned will sell at private sale or at public auction on the premise, on the 31 day of February, 1878, between 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m the following described, real estate, to-wit: Lot number six () in William Hnbbard's addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, and lot number one (1) in Hiram Hadley's addition to the city of Richmond, Wayne county, Indiana, fcaid sale being; made pursuant to an order of tho Cncmt Court of ala Marion county to pay tne debts of John W. Thompson, late of said county .Meceased. Terms of Bale: If sold at private sale, for not less than the appraised value of said real estate, otherwise, for not less than twothlrda it appraised value; one-third of tbe purchase money to be paid in cash, tbe balance in two equal instalments in twelve and tlghteea months from da e of sale with interest at six () per cent, per annum from date, without relief from valuation or Mporaisement law. Notes to be secured by mortgage on the real estate purchased. MARTHA W. THOMPSON, Administratrix or John W.Thompson, dec. January 2, 1878. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT. Whereas, a certain' precept has been d ul v issued to me by tne mayor of the city of Indiann polis. under tbe corporate mu1 of said citv, dated January 14. 187$, Knowing that there is due the following named contractor the amount hereinafter specified for street improve merit in 'he city of Indianapolis. Marlon county, Indiana. Due Frederick 'Gansberg for grading and graveling the first alley west of Franklin street, between Coburn and Nebraska streets, from William E. Alcorn the mm of thirteen dollars and twenty cents (IIS 20). amount of assessment charged against lot No. thirty ono (31) in Kyan and Frank's subdivision in ouUot No. one hundred and enjht (10) in the city of Indianapolis, Marion cou n ty, I ndiana. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified that, unless within (20) days after the publication for three weeks of this notice, the amount so assessed against the above described lot or parcel of land is paid, I will proceed to collect the amount so assessed by levy and sale ot said lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof aa may be necessary to satisfy the above claim, and all costa that may accrue. WILLIAM M. WILES, City Treasurer, Indianapolis. Ind Jan. 23, 1878. . NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly Issued to me by the mayor of the city of Indianapolis, under the corporate seal of said city, dated JanuaryU, 1878. showing that there is due the following namea contractor tno amount hereinafter specified for street improvement n the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana: Due Frederick Gansberg for grading and graveling the first alley west of Franklin street, between Coburn and Nebraska streets, from Willtata E. Alcorn the sum of fourteen dollars and thirty-eieht cents (fM.3) amount of axaessmeut charged Hgainxt lot No. sixty (60) in Kyan and Frank's subdivision in outlot No one hundred and tight (lOS)inthe city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified that, unless within (20) days after the publication, for throe weeks, of this notice, tho amount so assessed against the above described lot or parcel of land is paid, I will proceed to collect the amount so assessed by levy and sale of said lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the above claim, and all costs that may accrue. WILLIAM M. WILES', City Treasurer. Indianapolis Indiana, Jan. 23, 1878. Uyfiixd & Rowland, Attorneys. STATE OF INDIANA. Marian county, as: In the Superior Court of Marl or county, in the state of Indiana, April term. 1S78. No. 21,260. Room No. 4. William 8. Hubbard vs. Anderson Simmons, Luolthl Simmons, his wife, Nathan M. Schofield, lydia Bchofield, his wife. Be it. known, that on the 17th day of January, 1878. the above named plaintiff, bv his attorneys, filed in the office or the clerk of tha Superior Court of Marion county, in the state of Indiana, his complaint against the above named defendants, for tbe foreclosure cf mortgage on real estate, and on the said 17th day of January, 187. the said plaint iQT filed in said court the affidavit of a competent person showtng that said defendants, Nathan M. Hchofleld and L.yd a- Bchofield. his wife, are not residents ot the state of Indiana. Now therefore, by order of said court, said defendants last above named are hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said complaint against them, and that unless they appear and answer or demur thereto, at the calling of said cause on t he second day of the term of said court to be begun and held at the court house in the city of Indianapolis, on the first Monday in Atrll. 1878. said complaint, and the matters and things therein contained and alleged, will be heard and determined ia their absence. AUSTIN 11. MtOWN. jan.2!-3w Clerk. HENDERSON'S COMBINED CATALOGUE OF EVERYTHING FOR TFTK GARBEET Naiuberlng 175 pufres, with Colored Plate, rrttocustom-rof past years, and to all purchasers ofonr books.either(rardctor rJf t.Praetieal FlorictlturtorUardemtnefor foar(r'ricefl.5') each. prepaid, lv mail). Toothers, on receipt or 25c. Vlain Planter Seed Catalogues, without Plate, free to all. PETER HENDERSON & CO. Oetdtmeu, Market Oardeners, and lor tits, 35 Cortlandt Street, New York. tw MANUFACTORY OF SSSisar GR ST MILLS OF Established ISM. PORTABLE MILLS, For Farmers. RawM.llOwnerstC. Price V. from . up. A boy jican grind and keep in i"ordtr. Adapted to .j onv kind ol suitable power. Self-oiling: Relf-'eedlirg. NOUDYKE, MARMON&CO.. Indianapolis, FULTON BELL FOUNDRY. 'Established 1832. OHURCH. SCHOOL, COLLEGE, FIRE ALARM, FARM, PLANTATION and bells at all kinds made to order. Send for circular to A. FULTON'S BON t CO.. Plttourg, Penn. LAND GRANT Ft. fcmitn Railway In the great Valley of the Arkansa. 10.000 acres t Longtime and low Interest! For sectional map and full particulars apply to W. DSLACK, Land Com miss'er, Little Rock. Ark. or J. N. EBERLE, German Ag't, e?t. Louis, Mo AGENTS WANTED. . T.adv nr Oentleman. tv eanvass and sell reliable goods. Can make m - . w . fr U lint A w wxr - fcr th& f year round. Address EXCEL'SIOK, Allegheny J. City, Pa,