Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1879 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL,, WEDNESDAY MORNIKG, JANUARY 23, 1879-

WEDNESDAY. -JANUARY

TEK31S (?srAUK A11): ETVAJBIABLY CASH -IS APVASCK. Without With Sunday l ue. Sunday Iwae, 1 convene year.-. .-.sij.uu 1 Copy six inontt, 1 Copy til roe moutns 6.C0 2X) I uopy one monixx.. .5 1.00 SO elnlt rates. ' Blngla Copy one year J-M Clnus of five one year : - oAW dubof tn one j-eer, (and en extra copy to the getter up of the club) l-.w Cluoaf twenty-two, one year- W Agents -wanted at every poet office In the atule. Sena for outfit. How to Send Money. Remit lances may be made by draft, moneyorder, or registered letter, at nnrriBk. Give Postoffice address in full, including State and County, and address 1SDUSAPOLN SEJSTIKELCO. Attestios is called to tie verbatim report of the testimony in "A Celebrated Case," published in another column. A careful perusal of this testimony 'will shed a flood of light upon the manner in which business has been conducted in the oSjC9 of the county treasurer. "Let U3 embrace the coming woman, says the naughty Terra Haute Gazette, re fet-.-ing to Mrs. Emily Thornton Charles, a favorite candidate for State librarian. It then truthf ally says: "She is a Democrat, 'and-ias done faithful and efficient work, as 'a newspaper correspondent, for the cause. 'If a woman is to be chosen for the place she 'will Ue the coming woman." Sex.0;E Saclselt-v's resolution calling upon John-Sherman to inform the Senate what amount or commissions or other compensation has been paid to bankers, brokers, firms, companies, syndicates and individuals for seryicesin neg3tiating the sale of bonds and other obligations of the United SUtes since (lie year 1S02, and to whom said commissions weie paid, is likely to give that gentleman, considerable uneasiness. When the facts are made public.ihe people will have still further occasion to denounce Republican financial management. This loooks as if our genial postmaster might become involved in some of the "fun" lately manufactured by the Sew York Tribune. We clip the following from the New York World, which sounds rather "key-notish": If the cipher telegrams sent or received by the managers of each political party were forced out or the eustody of the iat- Mr. Ortou bv the power of the Senate exercised by the ltite Senator Mortoa. it does not seem to be worfcli while to censure the telegraph company for surrendering them, But if alter Senator Morton's death these telegrams wrongfully passed ont of the custody of the Senate and its committee into the mere private possession of his son-in-law. a Republican postmaster in Indianapolis, and this person betrayed their contents, then the ease tafees on a different hue. And it will lake still another complexion if thin person enabled or permitted the fJPbiUn leaders first to destroy their own telegrams and then t publish garbled reports respecting those aia to have been tent or received by Democrat. , A movemekt 13 on foot lor organizing arming and disciplining tha militia of the United States under the authority of the constitution, and meetings in various por tions of the country are being held for the j purpose ot perfecting measures to be brought before Congress, and as matters now stand the Indications that action will be take are favorable. The scheme contemp1.ates,sa-s the New York Herald, "an annual apprt-oria-'tion by Congress for pro rata distribution 'among the regularly organized and un'iformed militia of the several States, for tne 'purchase of arms, ammunition and other 'ordnance and quartermaster's stores; a system of regulations for the militia, prepared 'by a board -of officers appointed by the president, and based upon the regular army 'system; uniformity of uniforms and ride 'ranges; national prizes for rifle matches, 'drill and discipline; an annual inspection "oy officers of the regular army on the re'tired list, and the assignment by the Secre'tary of War of officers from the active or re'tired list of the army to act as adjutants, 'adjutants general or chiefs of stall of the 'militia, on application of the militia com'manders. All this is within the constitutional authority of Congress, and the pro'posed system, if adopted, would no, doubt conduce to the efficiency and value of the 'State militia, which is all the militiary force 'that is needed in this country for protection 'against domestic disorder, and which is, 'fortunately, the nearest approach to a standing army that the nation is ever likely to 'require." The indications are that the country Is to be subjected to continued humiliations growing out-of the crimes committed in Louisiana by Republican conspirators to reverse the will of the American people as expressed at the polls in 1876. The Philadelphia Times refers to the matter by saying "that the Louisiana investigation continues 'to cast up mire and dirt, but to what good? 'It was known before that the return of elec'tors in Louisiana in 1876 was a false one, 'although believed to have been signed by 'the proper officers, and now it is shown 'that to the false returns was added the forgery of the names of electors, but it 'neither adds to nor detracts from the crime 'that was then perpetrated. It is well known 'that the Hayes return was concoived in 'iraud, executed in fraud and maintained 'in fraud, and whether a name or two, more 'or less were forged to it, isn't of conse-'-quence, beyond its service in bringing the 'fraud home to the really guilty parties who 'directed their creatures to commit the 'crime and paid for it by awarding the hon'ors of .ihe Government to them." TATE INTELLIGENCE. Sou Ui Send has a shooting club. The town hall of Boonville is being furnished witii.etiaira. The crty treasurer of Greencastle paid cut last week 2,0C0 in gold. The Eler.trlc Pen is a spicy little sbeet edited by the pupils or the Orleans High School. James M. Poe, ex-mayor of Richmond, died suddenly of heart disease yesterday morning, aged 73. , La Porte Argus: La Porte County has 38 convicts In the Northern Prison. This counj gets Uw benefit of large jmmber of dis-

charged convicts. ' who remain here until ihey commit some depredatiou and are tent back again. Hyatt it Ryder have commenced work in their cooper shop at the S!a'e Trison South, and employ about 40 convicts. Boonviilo Enquirer: Pnentnonia is prevailing to a gn-at extent in this county, and is proving in many ckses to be fatal. Franklin Herald: Franklin has a population of about 1 000, and there is but one boy that knows the distance froni Edinburg to Franklin. :

The iron bridge to be placed across French Lick Creek, near French Lick Springs, is now upon the ground awaiting the comple tion ot the abutments. Rane C. Wilkinson sues the Evansville Journal Company for libei, claim Ing damages of $2,500. The matter which Mr. Wilkinson takes exception to is the note mentioned ia the schedule of notes claimed to be worthless by Willard Carpenter. Wm. Seip, of Edwarasport, on Saturday brought suit against the Indianapolis and Yincennes Railroad for $10,000 for killing his son, Jobn A., and crippling Tor lifa another son, Wm. K., on September 17, 1S7S. The accident was the same in which Mrs. McLen'8E0n was crippled, for which ihe asks damages. Mrs. Sniawley, living six miles west or Greensburg, left her six year old daughter locked alone in the house on Saturday, while she went to a neighbor's. The child in some manner set her clothing on tire. Failing to open any of the doors, she. with rare pres eiice of niiiid, raised a window and crawled out and rolied in the snow, extinguishing the fire. She was found insensible, and horribly burnt, in a fence corner. hones of recovery. A woolen mill at Tippecanoe, a town near Plymouth, was burned two weeks since. Charles Flora has been in jail ever since under indictment for burning it. Sunday evening, feigning sickness, he stnt for Dr. Wilson, who entered the hall with Deputy Sberi'f Hogarth. While they were looking for Flora, who hid behind the door, he escaped, as all the doors were unlocked. Several minutes elapsed before the discovery was made. No trace has been had of him since. LlVISti BY UfERATlHE. The Hani est nod Worst Paid Work There Is. Rose Terry Cooke in Sunday Afternoon for January. Then there ia another trouble in literary work; it is very poorly paid. I do not mean that the money is not paid in proportion to the work, for I think it is, especially to a popular writer, but the trouble is tb long waiting for that which you have earned, and the uncertainty of a pay;-ient d? pends upon the time of printing the manuscript. There are but two firms in this country who habitually pay on acceptance; elsewhere the writer must wait any uncertain length of time for an uncertain result, I have myself been put off two years and a half in one instance; frequently a year. This makes writing a precarious mode of getting a hying indeed; it involves authors in necccssary debt, and life is a steady "grind" when we dread to meet our fellow creatures. I have a sinking heart to see them pass the house because we owe them for the very necessaries of life, and can not pay our bills till it pleases this magazine or tbat paper to print the article which means to us, shoes, or potatoes, or flour! To be at liberty to do the best work aa author should have some regular income beside that which be earns; but how few bare! It follows, of course, that tho.e publishers who pay for manuscript have the choice of the best, and next to them come those weekly papers which pay for contributions. Of these last I know of only ono which is regular m us Wuicuvj every article being paid for the week aitcr printing; the rest delay, and linger, and possibly have to be dnnued a most distasteful necessity to a ladv before thev dsv such debts. One i paper, edited by two clergymen, I have ceased to write lor, because I couia not aiiora to wait bo long after an article was printed as I was obliged to wait la every instance for my money. To have a regu'sr salary suon as a teacher, or a seamstieis. or a homekeeprr, or a servant receives, would be delightful compared with this constant work and canstant debt; for though checks delay, hunger and cold and the thousands needs of daily life will not; and living on nothing while you wait for publication is a poor experiment. Then, again, you need health and strength to write, for it is hard work. Nothing exhausts so utterly as a day of writinc; and bow is it weeks and months? You feel tbat a clergyman earns a large salary who writes two sermons of 3.500 words each and every week; and I generally write about '.',000, and have written as many as 15,000 words in five days, and attended to my house and the needs of an invalid besides; yet I have never made a thousand dollars in ay ear. "When you write," said my physician to me, "you draw from the very source of your vitality, not from its distrbuted energies; no wonder you are exhausted ;" and I have felt the troth of his words iu the aching head and cramped fingers and weary irritability tbat will follow mental exertion, even in such good health as I happily possess. No! there is no royal road to literary work any more than to washing and ironing; Itis poor pay for the exhausting labor, and it is i work never done, and very bard work at that; all the harder because of its slow and uncertain reward. A Sentinel on tbe Watch-tower, i Rockfort feazette. . -...; We hare copied several able and interesting articles from the Sentinel of late, and one this wees especially worthy of consideration by the people and the law makers on t e subject of interest. We commend the sentiments of this article and approve of the same. By the way, the Sentinel, under Its present management, is a credit to the Democratic party of tbe whole State, and an able defender of the rights of the people. The party and the people owe it to themselves to hold up the hands of the publishers of the Sentinel in every laudable way they can. It is, indeed, a Sentinel on the watch-tower of popular liberty, doing yeoman service for toe rights of the oppressed masses. Our Democratic friends should see to it that the paper ii liberally patronized in Spencer County during the sitting of the General Assembly, as well until the end of the great campaign of 1S80. Don't stand on the order of your subscribing for it. but send in your subscriptions now. No better time to commence than with the new year. Tbe LeadlcK Morning Dally. The Peop e. The Sentinel is just completing the re arranging and refitting of its counting and general business rooms in good style. And we may as well note the fact in this connection, that the Sentinel has unquestionably pulled up to the front, and may now fairly be regarded as the leading morning daily of tbe city. The same fertili'y ot brain, will power, energy and aptness for details which enabled Mr. Shoeaiuker, its present manager, to make the most efficient and valuable State auditor Indiana has ever had, is being carried into the Sentinel with marked effect. We wish and predict for tbe Sentinel a large measure of future success. Ronffii on Anna. New Haven RejUter. Miss Anna Dickinson's "Crown of Thorns" having become too sharp for her head is i thrown aside, and to-night ahe rssumes her t a: -1 ,j.r 1 , urigiutu nruvaiivu vi n piauuiui ssoiu.

LITTLE HEALS KK A CEST.

flow a Part ot the fcnperflnoim lopnlntion of St. Loafs Art r:ntlf-d to Kep Hreuth in 'their Hod leu A lied for Ten C'eala. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Industrial Friendly Inn. known, too, es tbe Free Evangelists' Home and Free Employment Bureau, began the third year of lia existence yesterday morning. Th institution is now no longer a veniure, but an established tnccets, having supplied a spiritual and worldly comfort to thousands of people.' Mr. Penrose Chapman, tb8 originator and present manager, opened the Inn on New Year's day of 3S77 with a free dinner to WJ poor people and a few invited tuetts. The dinner absorbed all ot Mr. Chapman's money, and at nigbt a cipher represented tbe Cosh on hand. All night conveniences had been prepared but for six people, and the charge for each one was only 10 cants. This as enough to start a small cash account, bowever, and the next day the income was increased at the restaurant counter, where good meals were given nut at from 3 to 10 cents each. While the appointments ef the house were plain, the "bed and board" were such that a guest seldom made his first visit the last; and, although facta and figures given Jnrt'uer on will show that profits were small and out-going charity great, the institution lived and flourished, until today an average of 116 people are nightly lodged there, many of them free of chargo, while those to whom food is said or given each day are numbered by the uund;el. The object of tbe inn ia the salvation and elevation of poor, frieiulless and nedy men, and it seeks this by bringing them to the Gospel, procuring employment, teaching trades and providing fouJ iu abundance and other comforts at very litile cost, giving in extreme casts, and in sickness La?ing always an open band. In this good work Mr. Chapman is much assisted bv many outM'io char itably inclined citizens and firms, Knowing that J.EW YEAS' 3 PAY WOULD T.S I'EI.EHRATEP at the inn, a representative of the GlobeDemocrat visited the place in anticipation of seeing something about which at least a little something oi interest could be said. The Inn is located at 1,-21 Broadway, or rather it takes in the first lioor of 1.221" and the second and third lioor of 1,222 and 1 224. The first lioor is used solely as a restauraut, the outside appearance of which has nothing remarkable about it. There is one door and a large projecting show-window in front; on the glass panes of the latter appropriate Bible quotations are painted, 'together with the prices of various accommodations afforded by the house. The reporer entered the Inn about 6 oclocfc in tbe evening, . and found himself in the midst of about fifty men.. Soma were eating at a long counter which lined the room's whole left, save a small space at each end one at tac front window for tbe clerk's desk, and ae other for a stairway to the kitcbtn; others were scatter d about the rooms in small groups or separately, talking, smoking, picking their teeth and meditating. OcCdiouRl!y one or more would go up or cams down the stairway jnst at the right of the entrance. A crowd was being waited on at the clerk's desk. The nfen, most of them, bsd the appearance of day laborers, while a few were dressed with an ide.t to comfort, and presented rather genteel appearances. One or two were evidently fit subjects to attract n blue-ribbon movement in tbeir direction. Behind the lunch counter were two or three shelves loaded with dishts, and such food as pastry, bread, etc ; there were also tin tanks for colfee, tea and water. Scattered abont on tbe walls were innumerable placards bearing such inscriptions aa "They that srek the Lord shall not want any good thing," and "If a man will not work, yrrnin! shall he eat." Tha room was lighted by coil oil lamps suspended from the ceiling. Besides the lunch couuter there were three or four pine board tables; at the farther end of the room, where is located the kitchen stairway, a small place was partitioned off as a sort of pantry, whers dishes were washed nod meals received from tbe kitcben on a tort of dumb waiter. Such appeared the lesiaurant of the Industrial Friendly Inn. A hymn wai being sung by thosa np siairs, j and could bo easily heard by those below. ' The reporter was directed to the sscond lioor ss a place where the singing wa, and where Mr. Chapman could be found. The stairs led directly inio a room the same size as the restaurant. Tbe farther end contained a wash room where the basins were of marble, and a bath of hot and cold water. The rest of the room was, on ordinary occasions, used solely as a general sleeping apartment, but was now occupied by abont i0 or 75 men, sitting on beds and chairs, and taking part in tbe religtous services that were being held. Mr. Chapman, being assisted in the servicts by a number of other gentlemen, deyoted a short time to the reporter, who was tnkan into the manager's room, a small and plainly furnished apartment on the second floor front of 1,222, and there furnished with certain facts regarding the institution. That day Mr. Chapman bad given a free dinner to over 450 men, the dinner consisting of turkey, venison, beef, pork, coffee and tea and side dishes, and the total cost, not includidg regular expenses, was over $50. Last New Year's day about 300 men were given a free dinner at tbe same place. The total number of meals furnished during the year were 10,'J51, of which 1:5,125 were free. The total number of lodgers were 0,200, of which 2.825 were free- The inn relieved ten families daily, or 3.C50 during the year. The amount of money received for meals was $5,240.20, and for beds $2,737.50. The total cash receipts, including donations, amounted to $,050 35. The books showed a total expense of $7,31)3.72. but as Mr. Chapman only bad about $15 on hand last night, and KEVER KKEPS A BAXK Ai.XOUST, it shows that all donations made by the inn had not been recorded ; $37 given towards the New Evangelists' Home had not been put down to the expense account; cash given out for charity was $S!).U0; to evangelists and missionaries, $186, and to the temperance cause, $85. Tbe publishing of tracts for tbe year cost JfiutiO. uanng me nrsi tnree months of the year an average of twelve temperance workers were entertained daily; during the first six months, evangelists were entertained to the extent of twelve every day, and during the remaining six months the number averaged about three daily; U50 religious and 150 temperance meetings were held during the year; employment was furnished to about 2.640 men; indeed, Mr. Chapman says tbat at times tbe contractors demand of him more men than he can furnish; 225 tick were cared for during the year, and only two deaths occurred in the house. A free ice water tank was kept during the summer season, Messrs. Hansman fc Lang donating the ice. The public school library donated 148 books duriDg the yoar, and the I Lindell Hotel 500 dishes. Oyer 000 gar ments were donated the poor through the Inn. The above figures were about the same for the previous year, the difference favoring 1878. But the bouse now is much too small for the purpose, and a change will probably be made soon. The third floors of 1,222 and 1,224 are divided into but two rooms. The floors are covered with single iron beds, save a small snacn between each one and a center aisle. There are but two rows of beds ma rooui.and over each one a number is painted on the clean whitewashed wall. The bed ciottnug is clean and neat. The beds are all ten cents each a night, excepting on the second floor Of wnere tne Detter conveniences uuane each bed worth five cents extra. The reDorter was shown through tt i entire house. and before leaving accepted un invitation to partake ot A TEN CEKT MEAT. He was given a large bowl of soup, a large pork Bteai, tour saces oi weau, two uiscuin,

a dish of fried potatoes and a cup cf colfee. Where biscuits are not given vegetables tAke their place. Excepting the absence of but ter (one cent extra) the meal was better than many for which tbe reporter has paid 2f or 25 cents. Three cents got a preuy good meal at the inn, while there is only a one cent bill of fare. As a ma'ter of course tbcre will be found

in places cf this kind many men of education, and men M ho hnve once seen days of influence and bu--ine3 prospects. They Lave been brought t their present con dition through love of rlnck or by misfortune. Two or three of this kind were pointed out to the reporter. Among tbe regular gnests the clerk of the house directed the reporter's attention to a young man of about twenty, who had lately been clerking In one cf the big dry goods firms of tbe city, and lost tbe position through no fauic of bis own. The young ruau had raved up about $100, and on this he had to depend solely for support until new work could be obtained. Althongh accustomed to much more expensive quarters, he determined, after tome philosophizing to spend a diiy and nigbt at tbe t'riendly Inn. The experiment was tried, and so well was he satisfied with it that he is now a regular boarder at the Inn. -This was tome tiro or three months ago, and while be is still unimployed h's money, which wonld bave been long ago exhausted in the average boarding house, is cot now half gone. RuBTS AM KKPOUIERS. Slake tbe Job any Harder for Them Than Kcl fie. Chicago Joumal.J Reporters in the Reno conrt martial, on trial in Chicago, are virtually forced to tnke down the proceedings with their hands tied behind their backs. By an order which contains very little of Retiss in it the case has been set to proceed with open doors, but with no privileges to newspaper men, they being forbidden every appearance of wortc. The result is not changed, naturally. In these flays the muzzling of tbe reporter's pencil is quite an imroisibility. He gives full repomof all meetings, whether public or secret, if he choosf s to. How does he do it? Easily enough. He takes it down in bis hat. He lUtens from an adjoining partition. Ha finds a knot-hole fitted to his ear in the floor. He peers down from an orifice in the ceiling. He takes ebort-haud notes in his sleeve. He interviews the secretary. He gains access to official papers. He "pumps" loquacious listeners. He well, he hss a thousand ways, some of which would bs wrong lor a newspaperman and old reporter to reveal. Suffice it that he gets the report. He goes where he is sent, and he scents out what he goes for. It is a way he has, and he has to do it or acknowledge himself cut ont for other business than that of reporting, and out off in his prime as unfit for a journalistic career. This being the case, there exists no good reason why public bodies should not extend to th9 press every facility for rapidly and correctly placing before the great public the work performed in their tessions. To clog tbe way is to make a deal of extra work for this determined, painstaking and long sUiTering class. When Cbrltuaan 1'alln en Wednesday. New York Woild.l Of a year in which Christmas falls on Wednesday we are told by our "philosofres and clerkes:" If that the fhri!tmas.se Day Kail upon a Weduensday, That yeere shall be hard and strong, And many huige wyndes anionge; , Young lolks shall aiealsoo; The sumergood und innry shall be, And that yeere shull be plentee; . Khippes in thesea.tempestaiid wvK! What cbylde thatday is borne is his Fortune to be doughty and wise, Discreet alo and sieyh of deede. A curious suggestion as to the word "niury" here occurs. Can it be of French origin aud signiiV well ripened or muri, as the spelling would seem to imply, and as the sense will bear? Be this as it may, who needs to be reminded of the wonderful ripeness, excellence and fruitfulness of this year's summer, or of the huge plenty it has poured through the autumn upon u? In the matter of storms and disasters pt sea j we have only to recall tnenameaot the Grosser Kurfurst, the Princess Alice, the Pomrajrar:!a mi the Bjziutine to recognize the veracity of our ancient chronicle; 1878 has been indeed a year of tempestand woe on the ocean, while no such huge and mighty wludS h9ve arisen end roared for years as during this 12 month now ended. If a census should be taken of the children born on Christmas day, 1878, and preserved, we dare say a future ruler of the Union conspicuous for his d'.3cretiou. his sleight of mind, his wisdom and his doughty temper will bo found among them, and upon this bint we hope every right minded and careful mother in the land will act. '" An Ont-Door Marrlnpe in tbe Rain. Fort Dodge (Ia.) Messenger. ' A marriage which took place in Pocahontas County several weeks ago, amid surroundings tbat might be expected to dampen even the ardor of young love, has just been reported to us, and is too good to be lost, even though it must be told out of season. The swain, a stout young farmer of Pocahontas County, aft?r the usual course of smooth sparking, had prevailed on the maiden to name tbe day. - She fixed an early one, and be obtained a license in Pocahontas County. The girl lived just over the line in Calboun County. The evening set for the marriage was a rain v ana dismal one, but the mi nister arrived at the bnde's house to perform the ceremony. - All the preparations were made, when, preliminary .to the ceremony, tbe minister asked to see the license. Vt hen it was shown there was trouble, the minister refusing to proceed unless they went over into Pocahontas. County. The bouse was only a few rods from tha line, but it was dark as Egypt, and raining by the bucketful without. However, everybody was anxious and nobody afraid, and out they went. The minister mounted tbe fence to get out of the mud, and wound his legs among the boards to brace himself np, the couple grabbed hands, and, while the bride's brother held a lantern 10 illuminate the iob, the ceremony was performed. Greenhonae and Window Plants.' These plants should now (January) be looking at their best, and new growth and bloom repay the care bestowed upon them. Chrysanthemums, as they pass out of flower, should have the tops cut back, and the pots put In a frame or the cellar. Bring bulbs and other plants that were potted for forcing, to the greenhouse or window, watering gradually at first, and giving it mora freely as tbey increase their foliage. When tbe Ibwersof hyacinths and other bulbs begin to fade, cut off the flower-stalk, and, if it is desired to keep the bnlbs for planting ont, let tbe leaves continue until tbey fade. Should very cold nights occur, draw the plants back from tbe windows; if freezing is feared, cover with a sheet or blanket properly supported above tbem. Give all smoothleaved plants an occasional sponging, one leaf at a time; those with rough leaves may have the dust removed by showering; covering the plants with a paper or muslin screen while sweeping is going on will aid greatly in keeping them free of dust. When air can be admitted from outside without a direct cold current upon the plants, do so, if but for a few minutes. Insects will increase as the days lengthen; all the larger ones, like scale and mealy bug, can be picked off, or scrubbed off with a brush and soap suds. Frequent showers applied to the lower surface of the leaves, as well as tjie npper, will check tbe red spider, and tobacco, whether in the form of smoke, liquid or powder, will kill plant lice. Worms in pots do injury by mnkiog channelsin the soil, and compacting tbe rest; by turning out the ball, they may often bs picked off; if this fails, water with perfectly clear -lime-water, and then with rain water.

CL1.11PSES OF HWO TIJIES.

tenis Collected nt a Tork Fawnbrkei' &bo. I'poi visiting a pawnbroker's office in New York a reporter for the World obtained an insight into the misery of many a family, ss well a tbe fames of many a "soabbj-aen-teel." He makes tbe resuit of his investiirations tbe theme of a verv readable article from which we selpct the following extracts: "These litt'.e trinkets." asid sbe, "were a birthday present from my husband to cur only child, Mollie. when she was twelve years old. My husband then had a very good business down town, but three years tifio the tirm tbat he was with failed, and he lost tix months' salary beside? being thrown out of his position. He did nothing for three month;, but was finally otlcred a poiitioa in another house. He was to have j gone in on the lit of January, lSn, but before that time came that firm failed, too, and closed up business. At that time we bad scarcely anything left to live on, and he wss taken sick. He could not fill a responsible position now even if it was offered to him. Then Mollie was taken ill and the doctor soys she can never get well. We have PAWN-ED EVERYTHING that we bad. For Molhe's watch and locket, for which, 1 believe, my husband paid $75, the pawnbroker gave me $20. I hope to redeem them after a few months, but at the end of tbe first year I bad all I could do to raise the $5 necessary to save them from being forfeited. This year I was determined to get them back if I bad to starve myself to doit. At last I got $20 together and went to tlip pawnbroker, but it was to late. They had been forfeit-d and ordered to be sold at auction. I managed to raibe $10 more, and two or three times I came down here hoping n nere noping to be present when they were put up for sale and buy them in. They were finally vbt-c tmn v reached, but b?fore I knew ic they were sold for exactly the amount of money tbat I had brought with me. Now the man that has tbem will sot sell them for less than $40, and I know I shall never see them again." a mi.k's sword. Among the articles sold that day was a very handsome sword.- Oa one side of the blade, near the hilt, there was e.n inscription in Spanish, und on the other side was the Fame inscription in English. It appeared that tbe sword had teen '"Presented to General by the ladles of Boston." The reporter de'ermined to find out something about the history of the former owner oi this weapon if possible, and so called on a gentleman who was a leader of fashion in this city ten or til teen years ago. After scratching his bald bead a few moments, the old gentleman sr.id, "Why, yea, I remember him; but when he was in New York he passed for a baron, and not a general. I invited him to dinner several times, and I found ont that, though be might bave been a baron by title, he was certainly barren by wits. He turned out to be a fraud of the first water. I didn't know before tbat he had been presented with a sword by the ladies of Boston, but I am not surprised st it He is equal to almost anything. I don't think he got many 'tokens of esteem,' from the people of this city, but whatever things of value be picked up went to the pawnbrokers, no doubt. But it was during the winter of 1S57 or 1S58 that he was in New York, and this sword must bave passed through a good many hands since then. I found ont three years after the baron disappeared from American society tbat he was the son of a Manchester tailor, end tbat the only weapon he had been accustomed to was the shears." Why I'bil Hodare Ieaerted Bis Bride the Day Alter the Wedding. Cincinnati Enquirer. Ten years ago, in Lewis County, Ky., a young lawyer named Phii. Hodge married Mis3 Addie Sillet, amid flowers, music and the hearty congratulations of friends. At early dawn Hodge left the bouse, and in passing out be met a servant of his wife's father, to whom he said: "Tell your tu aitcr I am gone forever." The new mads father in-law, upon receiving this message, hurried to his daughter's room, where, to his amzsruent. he found her trill in her wedding robes, with hair disheveled and veil torn off, and in a state of great excitement. A severe spell of fever followed, but never, in her wildest delinum, did she betray the cause of her cgony, and thus it has remained a theme of conjecture ever since. To a friend the Other Jay, she, for ttia first t'tue told the came. Here ia her stort: "Lon Follet and I have baen raised together. I had received most marked atteution from him, but I never dreamed of mar rying him, for he had a mother and sister depending upon bim for a livelihood. Phil. Hodge, whom I had known a few years, courted me. I accepted him, and my aJniiration for bim tempted me to believe I loved him. The night of oar wedding, Lon and 1 were sitting a little apart from tbe crowd; our conversation was only of ourselves, and 1 confess I then felt Lon loved me. and be was more nf my happiness than I had ever dreamed. PhiL Hodge overheard a few words and saw our earnest manner. When he came to my room he found me dressed still as I was when I left the parlor, and showing his surprise, asked me what was the matter with me, to which I answered, as indifferently as possible, 'Nothing.' We exchanged several commonplace remarks, after which he a?ked me, quite harshly: 'Addie, did Lon Follet ever tell you he loved you? I answered, 'No.' Whet was your conversation to-night? His eyes were upon me; I dared not tell aught but the truth; they seemed to pierce me through. t TOLU THE WHOLE TRCTII, and when I had finished he said with coldness, -calmness and stubborn resolution, 'Addie, you love Lon Follett; be shall marry you. We will never meet again.' I begged him on my knees not to leave me, but it was of no avail. When the dawu came he kissed me good-bye, and with a 'God bless you,' passed out from me forever, My feelings were indescribable; the room was horrible in its darkness; my mind lost its reasoning powers; and thus 1 passed many weeks. Through a mutual friend I beard from him of ten of his wanderings, desolate life, and death on the frontier. Well have our blighted lives paid tbe penalty of a false step. When Ion heard of his death he came immediately to see me. I refused to see him. Then he wrote me a long letter, telling of bis love, his never forgetting me an hour these long years, And I have consented to marry him; bat we will not meet till our wedding eight, January 9, 1S79." . A Fight With Bstlle-lTosed Whales. Llppmcott's Magazine. We redonbleourexertions.and the whales, finally yielding, follow their wonnded companion and fling themselves on the shore, where they lie, wallowing in tbe shallow water. With a cry of triumph, which is borne back' from tbe women who stand on tbe cliff, all tbe boats are rowed for the shore, each striving to be first to commence the fight. With a final cheer the men drive the boats in - among tbe fish, leap out and begin to strike right and left. 1 threw away the lance and attacked the nearest with my long hunting knife; seizing hold of the monster's tin in spite of its struggles, I plunged the knife repeatedly into its heart. Its exertions and plunp;a were incesBant, frequently lifting me off my feet and throwing me underwater. I managed to hold on, and kept striking till, with a supreme effort, it turned on its back. Similar encounters were going on all about me; with wild cries and oaths, the men struck and hewed at tbe whales as it infuriated, regardless of bruises and tbe waves tbat swept over tbem every momont. While recovering my breath and looking out for another prize, I received a tremendous blow from the tail of one behind me. I was stunned for a moment, and on recovering found I had . been

placed in one of tbe beats. Quite satisfied with my exertions, I sat still and watched the strahge combat, a'reedy c'.osine, ta the poor stupid fish, ignorant of tbeir strength, fell easy victims to their determined enemies. Tne sight was strange and striking. The cloudless sun was thining o:i tue waves of tbe bay, which was of a mag- ' nilicent bine except over a lars patch dytd red with blood. Here each wave showed a s'reak, cf crimson as it waited over tbe glistening bodies tbat hai lately swum lords of the deep. Behind a narrow beach rose the steep cliff, down which weto runnirg the women aDd children, their shrill cries rising above the shouts of the men and the roar of the waves. G.-aaua'-iy tbs tumult ceased, except where a whale in the lssttbroes wrapped itself in a cloud of bloody

spray and deioged the men who blood by watchiDg. BOSTOS FiSH BALLS. A Sew Branch of tbe Canning; ItainewThat Thrives at tbe llub. (Boston Advertiser. When the professor, celebrated in college, desired bread with his "one fish ball" be little thought tbat the toothsome viand that composed his frugal meal would in a few years become an article of commerce that would bs found on the breakfast table ot the rigid Presbyterian of Scotland, and at tbe fettive board of the "heathen Chinee." But this luxury, that hes been so long considered 63 an exclusively Yaukee production, has been, within the past nine months, exported to nearly every quarter cf the habitable globe. For several years past a firm in this city have sought to discover a method by which mincsd fhh, or fish-balls, cou.d be canned ., ,,; :i i, j ,i. DecaUa, ni,TOr that is rumd to be one of 1". . .. - the secrets of tbe cook's art. After months of trials they at length succeeded in producing an article composed of butter, fish and potatoes, that bad tbe flivur of tbe old fashioned New England fish balls, and that would bear transhipment aro'icd tr.e world and retain its virtuts in any climate. Tbe fish are killed by being struck in Ae neck, and sra hung up until every drop of blood is removed, and the napes are carefully teraped and cleaned. When salted and dried it is equal to the best Phillips' Beach fish. The best Nova Scoria potatoes are used, and. instead of pork fat, tbe beet Vermont and New York butter is contracted for at the dairy. The fish balls are packed solid in tin cans and hermetically sealed, after which they are put np in cases of tec dczen each, when tbey are ready for the market. Tbe first sale was made in New York last May, and to such an extent has the business grown in nine months that the firm employ a force of 250 men and women in preparing and inckiDg tbe fish balls, and 00 tinners in making the cans. Since the 1st of September 20,000 bushels of potatoes have been used, and the codfish comprises several hundred quintals. The goods are shipped by the carload to Chicago, Sr. Loui?, San Francisco. Pittsburg and other -Western points. A case of the goods was on exhibition at the Paris Exposition, for . which a medal was awarded, and orders have been filled for France, England, Scotland and South America. A few weeks ago an order was received from Turkey, and lass Saturday the firm received one from China. The business has outgrown the most sanguine expectations of the proprietors, and it will soon require additional room and a larger force to fill them. This article of food has only been offered to the public for a few months, and in every case orders bave been duplicated, and a steadily increasing demand is reported by the grocers who have retailed if- It is as popular in England. France-and South America as it is on Cape Cod, and seems likely to become quite as famous abroad as American cheese. - Planting an Orchard. Begin now (January) to select and the trees. Run no risks. .Nothing is discouraging than to cultivate trees 5 order more or . 8veers, and when they begin to bear find they are not true to name. It is a disaster for which there is no remedy, and while to get trees direct from a nursery of reputation . may cost a few dollars more in freight than to buy them from a peddler, the difference is as nothing compared with the risk of or- . dering from unknown and irresponsible . parties. In making selections for an orchard, the question should not be, wbat are the best varieties, but what are the best that can be l rowQ in your, locality. If th.ere are any fruit-growers, iu the ehiborhocd, get their experience; if one is in a new country, where information of this kind can not be obtained, the next best is the opinion of a. nurseryman of cood reputation. For family use, the orchard should contain varieties from tbe earliest to the latest, tne greater nnmber ot trees being of good keeping kinds. For market fruit the selection will depend upon whether the market is near at hand, or the fruit is to be shipped to a distance. One near a town will find showy early apples, which do n"t keep long or tiansport well, more profi :&ble than later kinds. . Healthy Pnlae. Every intelligent person should know bew to ascertain the state of the pulse in health; then by comparing it with wbat it is when be is ailing, he may have some idea of the urgency of his case. Parents should know the healthy pulse of each child as now and then a person is bora with a peculiarly slow or fast pulse, and the very case in hand mey be of that peculiarity. An infant's puise is 140; a child of ' seven alon. SO; and from twenty to sixty years it is 70 beats a minute, declining to 00 at four score. A healthful grown person's pulse beats 70 times a minute; there may be goood health down to CO; but if the pulse always exceeds 60, there is a disease; the machine is working itself out, there is a fever or inflimmation somewhere, and the body ia feeding on Itself; as in consumption, when the pulse is quick, that is, over 70, gradually increasing, with decreased chances of cure, until it reaches 110or 120, when death comes before many days. When the pulse is over 70 for months, and there is a Blight cough, the lungs are af- ' fected. . , Don't Smote Where the Canary Is. Kingston Courier. A city gentleman has a ' beautiful canary bird which has been kept for some time in his reading room, aa tbe gentleman was very fond of hearing tbe bird sing. Now, it so happened that the canary's cage hung just above the chair in which the gentleman used to ait and smoke. As time wore on it was noticed that the bird bad ceased to sing as much as formerly. After a while the bird ceased to sing altogether. Finally, one day the bird was observed wildly endeavoring to keep on its perch, aud floundering about itscage as though dizzy and very weak. It occurred to tne gentleman and bis wife tbat perhaps the tobacco smoke might have something to do with the bird's strange condition, and it was taken into another room. The pure air eeemed to have an effect. In a day or two it was beard singing, though in a weak and tremulous voice. After a week bad gone by it began to send forth notes of purity aud clearness, and at the end of a fortnight it was itself again. Sever Another. Albany Argus. There never can be another Electoral Commission, unless Mr. Bayard and his once victorious colleagues vote it, and as both Houses of the next Congress will be Democratic, it is not supposab'le that they will be victimized that way a second time. Oar advice to them is not to be victimized .in any other way. as they surely will be, if they lend Mr. Edmunds tbeir Democratic votes, as tbey have been doing. An adherence to the constitution in 18SO-1, In tbe matter of tbe count, will secure all the success of truth and law wbicha departure from the constitution in 1877 lost. .