Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 20, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1880 — Page 9

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEt :.'b!SDtAT, MAT 10, 1880SUPPLEIENT.

; WEDNESDAY, MAY 19. Sxjtatoe Kellogg will Dow serT6 out his .term in peace. Oar Washington correspondent thinks he will hare eight majority on the final rota. -

At latest dates the count on the Republican ' Presidential slate stood: Grant, 345; ; Blaine, 167 j Sherman, eighty-three; Washburne, eight, and Edmunds, thirty-nine. i. Tue Grant men claim that he has carried the State of Illinois by over 120 majority of the delegates outside of Chicago, and say they will rule the Convention with an iron hand. Johw A. Logas has done many things and been accused of many others, but he has never been charged with editing a literary bureau. He doesn't know the language well enough to do any thing more than manage booms. His wife always manages the literary department for him when he is a candate. Washecbss and Edmunds, both of whom are the idols of the independent press and the bright particular stars of the virtuous young scratchers, have declared for Grant, the arch enemy of thess classes. The inde pendent non-partisan, voters doesn't teem to have any more political sense than if he fol lowed after the machine. ; Ik proof that the "old set" is coming back it is only necessary to mention that ez Senator Conover, one of the worst of the lot, has been nominated for Governor of Florida. One by one they return, and Grant's re-en trance upon the scene will encourage the remainder to come out of their holes where they have been in hiding for so long. Bcb Isgkrsoll is of the opinion thai "just now" the Democracy has the best chance of winning the Presidential fight He says: "You see, the Democrats have 138 votes solid from the South. That much they are sure of, and if they can carry New York and Indiana they will have 183 votes three to spare." There is no "Moses' Mistakes" about that. Tn mohr of Jennie Wade has been try ing wo obUiu from Congress a pension on account of the death of Jennie. It seems that Jennie, whose parents lived near Ceme tery Hill within the Union lines on the Gettysburg battlefield, was engaged in baking bread for the Union soldiers, when a bullet passing through the kitchen door killed her instantly. Jennie, therefore, died in the service of her country, and the fact ought to be recognized and a pension granted to her mother. But Congress did not look at the subject in that light, and as a conse- ' quence a pension was not granted. The negroes have the balance of power in Ohio, their vote constituting the entire Re- . publican majority. Yet they have received no recognition, even in the appointment of one delegate to the Chicago Convention. ' They have one alternate. In Indiana, where the negroes constitute more than 10,000 of the Republican votes of the State, they have received no more recognition than an oc casional appointment upon the police force. Of course, the Republicans are the friends of the negro. Don't they bring him all the way from North Carolina, and then let him shift for himself? But when the time comes for giving him some small reward, it always comes up missing. The Journal charges that the Exodus In vestigating Committee has cost the country $40,000. Now, then, will the Journal state just how much of that $40,000 has gone into the pocket of Hon. John C New? We want the Journal to say if the charge is true that Mr. New took mileage and per diem out of that fund when he did not testify; we insist that the Journal shall speak out. The impression has been made that Mr. New has drawn money from the exodus fund to . which, npon any theory of equity, he was not entitled. He Is regarded as a "grab ber," and the only grabber. We want to know, and the people of Indiana would like to know, how much the Chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Indiana grabbed out of the exodus fund? Did he grab enough to square accounts with his ex penditures to help on the exodus of pauper negroes from South Carolina to Indiana to ivote the Republican ticket? Let us have the facta. The Journal has set the ball in motion, and we propose to keep it rolling. Now, come on, and tell us, Mr. Journal, how much money Mr. John C. New received for ' testifying. You have got to do it :; Ms. Washbcbh is the most complacently self sacrificing patriot in the entire coun try. He early announced that he was for Grant's nomination. He persisted in declar ing, in letters and interviews, that he was so attached to him that he was for him "first. ' last and all the time," which would seem to carry him some distance as his friend. But some of his own' satellites were not so favor ably disposed toward the third term, or toward Grant personally, so they organized and carried a number of County delegations in Illinois for him, and he picked up some stray delegates from other States, and in the . Cnicago contest . his friends joined hands - with the Blaine men, and the result was a 1 bolt on the part of the third-termers. It ' was thought that all these things could not -' be done by Mr. Wsshbnrne's friends and he he In utter ignorance of, or entirely uncon nected with iL In the face of all this, he hied himself away to visit his brother in . i Maine, and from that far-away retreat sends out a new affirmation that he is "for Grant, : first, last and all the time," and a denial ,: that he knew any thing of the movement to use his name in Chicago, which was a greater surprise to him than to anybody else. The

effort of this man to escape honors never

tendered him,' and which his party had no desire to bestow, is one of the moet curious revelations in our later politics. He was supposed to represent the reform or better element ' in his party, wherever and whatever that may be, and was thought to be a very available candidate. But he has proven himself not only false to this record, but has allied himself openly with the worst element which ever entered into American politics, one representing not only the concentrated corruption of the times, but the attempt to change the policy and traditions of the country by the nomination of a man for a third term. He has shown himself a small man, one fitted to bow down to power, or to act as lackey to those who have favored him in the past. His littleness has been dis covered, and from this time forth he ceases to have any influeice in American politics. SORGHUM SUGAS. The experiments that for a year or more have been going forward in the Department of Agriculture at Washington relating to the production of sorghum sugar in the United States are attracting wide and deserved at tention since they demonstrate beyond all controversy the practicability of producing all the sugar required for home consump tion with a large surplus for exportation. The importance of the experiments made by the Department of Agriculture, which lead to the conclusion that America can produce its own sugar, will be more fully appreciated by figures showing the con sumption of sugar in the United States for a number of years:

Foreign, Domestic, Total Years. Pounds. founds. Pounds. 1870 1,1KJ.0K,14 99,JWX,017 lJ2S:i.OX7,lfU 1K71 l,mjm&7 17:i,4Ml,443 l;tW,H7d,730 i;,M551 11J,772,:8 l,i,715.-l!W 1S73 l;7,4!,Na 121,W),41 1,5UJ,0W,26 1874 l,611.4rrtl6 W.H70.Ö62 l,eo4,4-J7,468 1X75 - ljbäjtfU:l,Hö 106,70,51 l,HHl,t74,447 1X7 1,561,HK0 545 ll!,7'i5,282 1,51,U5,C7 1877 l,Vtb7JSbi 140,442,344 l,ül3ü,l'JU

It will be seen that in eight yeurs the peo ple of the United States consumed 12,150, 245. OOS pounds of sogar, and the value of the imported article issetdown at $784 413,143. It is believed that this vast expenditure of money for foreign sugar can be saved. Experiments made by the Agricultural Department go to show that land which will yield from twenty-five to thirty bushels of corn to the acre will produce one ton of sorghum sugar. We Bee it stated that "last spring General Le Due, the Commissioner of Agriculture made a distribution of early amber sorghum seeds, and has re ceived reports from more than 000 of the farmers, in thirty-one States and Territories, who planted them. I have made a Bummary of these reports in order to ascertain as near ly as possible what the average yield of sugar was. The results of my computations are only approximately correct, because I have taken no account of the amount of ground planted in each State apd Territory. Each farmer reported the average number of gallons of syrup, containing twelve pounds of crystallizable sugar to a gallon, which he got from an acre, and I divided the sum of these individual averages by the number of returns from each State and Territory to ascertain the average yield in that Stato or Territory. The following was the result a srallon in every instance meaning twelve pounds of crystallizable sugar. STATE.

o a & it 5. 62 ! ?& 14 125 SO 55 6 10 50 1 m 60 2 UK 90 10 137 60 2 145 ' 30 137 60 107 134. 60 85 12 45 2 141 75 40 137 45 37 105 55 11 Vi) 55 3 111 60 115 15o 45 12 1 60 44 131 60 22 114 45 36 125 0 2 145 70 2 175 75 19 103 55 36 141 55 2 138 50 11 öti 60 32 138 60 6 lib 0 3 116 75 17 112 50 22 Ml) 4 42 165 60

Arkansas..., Alabama.... California... ttolorado..... Dakota ... Florida... Georgia.. . Iowa, Illinois Indian Territory. Indiana... Kentucky...... Kansas..... Maryland M lssouri Michigan... Minnesota.. MississippiNebraska...., New Jersey New YorkN orth Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania ..... South Carolina... Tennessee,..... Texas Utah Virginia west Virginia Wisconsin-.... "If we divide the sum of the State aver ages given in the above table by the number of States and Territories from which reports have been received, it gives 132 gallons of syrup to the acre as the mean product throughout the country; or, reduoing this amount to pounds of crystallizable sugar, 1,583 pounds. This is less than a ton, but there are some reasons why the average yield of sugar from the sorghum planted last year should be less than It may be ex pected to be in the future. The seeds dis tributed were all those of the early amber variety, which is one of the smallest of the sorghum plants, and is especially adapted to Northern latitudes where the seasons are short. It is probable that if other varieties, requiring longer time to mature, but pro ducing from 30 to 50 per cent, more cane and juice to an acre, had been planted In the Southern States, the average yield from it would have been very much greater." Such figures are of. great importance, for since the necessary machinery for mak ing sorghum sugar in a small way does not cost more than $150, it is safe to say that within a brief period importations of sugar will be vastly reduced, and that eventually they will disappear from the customs record If the Department of Agriculture leads to such results, and there are no reasonable grounds for doubt, it will be apparent to al readers that Congress should make suoh apprppriatlons as will enable the Department to carry forward its experiments and investigations upon a larger scale than it has hitherto had the means of doing.

THE METHODIaT 0LEEGY.

Reports Discussion on the Minister's Rela tion and Duty to Politics, Etc. Ect. There was a good attendance at the regular meeting at Roberts Park, besides the regular pastors who are in the city Rev. J. B. Abbott, Dr. Abbott, Dr. Williamson, Rev. Mr. Tiffany, of the Genesee C -nference, and Rev. Dr. Bayliss, formerly of Roberts Park, were present. The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Rothweiler, and opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Cook. There was nothing of special interest re ported from the different charges, except the report from Roberts Park, Meridian 8treet and Fletcher Place Church, which were the points of attraction on Sabbath, because of the distinguished men who occupied the pulpits. IV'. Bayliss preached, it is said, two very able sermons in his old charge and received the earnest congratula tions of bis friends and parishioners, lie and his estimable lady are to have a recep tion this evening at the residence of Mr. r red Raggs. Rev. Mr. Thompson of the New York hast Conference preached two able sermons at Meridian Street . E. Churcn on the babbath. In the morning his subject wsb: The intensly Interesting scene that transpired at the crucifixion of Christ, when he gave His mother into the charge of John, the beloved . disciple; and at night his subject was "The Unpardonable Sin. " liisnop Harris preached the dedicatory ser mon in the morning at lletcher Place, and at night Rev. Mr. Jar vis. The amount of $1.000 was raised, and the house was dedicated. The regular order of the day was taken up. viz.: " What is the Relation and Duty of Ministers to Politics?" By special motion, Rev. Dr. Holliday opened the discussion, in which he took the very tenable ground that a -man, by becoming a min ister, did not lose his manhood, or any of his rights as a citizen, and while hu relations remained the same to politics iu general, expediency required and de manded of him that he bring not party politics into the pulpit. Kev. Wm. M. rrench urged the impor tance of ministers attending the primary elections of their party, and use their influ ence and vote to bring out the best men, and he gave a case that had recently happened in the Ward in which he voted, in which a good man was pitted for the nomi nation against one not so good, and he asked two ministers to attend the primaries, who both made excuses, and did.not attend, either of whom, had he been there, would have nominated on the first ballot the best man, as the vote between the contestants was a tie. Rev. Mr. Tevis said that when the question of morals was involved it was the duty of the minister to stand on the side of right, or where an infidel was pitted against a Christian; and he gave as an illustration a case that had come under b.s own observa tion, where an avowed icadel was nomin ated in a Ward with 100 majority, and who had the audacity to say that infi delity should conquer in the matter of his election. Christianity was represented by the Democratic nominee. lie believed it to be his duty to work for the election of the Christian man and against the Infidel, and the result of the eleotion was sixteen majority for the Christian man, overcoming the majority of 100 on the side of the Infidel. There were some characteristic remarks made by Dr. Bayliss that had in them point and power, which were very generally inaoreed.by the meeting. The D'jctor is known to be quite outspoken in his polit ical sentiments, but he deprecated party politics in the pulpit, unless it was something that was forced upon ministers in their obligations to maintain moral right. Kev. Mr. Tinany, of the Genesee Confer ence, made a few interesting remarks, in which he referred to a moral reform that had been accomplished by himself and oth ers in an election in the village where he was stationed, that had resulted in clearing the place of the liquor traffic, and it had been held ever since for temperance. Dr. Andrus. Rev. J. V. R. Miller and Rev. Mr. Turner, made some interesting remarks in which they coincided with the remarks that had gone before. Taking it altogether it was a pleasant and profitable discussion, and all present agree to the following: 1. A minister is a man, and a citizen and entitled to the same rights, privileges as to general politics as before he attained the position of a minister. 2. As a citizen, it is his duty to take In terest in politics, and cast bis vote as he may choose at the polls on election day. 3. It is inexpedient for him to bring party politics into the pulpit, and assert them ana argue them, as they are asserted and argued on the stump. AVlij Massachusetts Democrats Want Bayard. (Boston Herald. The Massachusetts Democrats instinctively seek the best candidate, with a feeling that the best must be the strongest. They have lost confidence in Tilden. He does not represent to them what he did in 1S76. He then came forward with a record of reform in the government of the great State, in which corruption had run riot. He is no longer associated with the idea of reform except In satire. He has lost repute, appearing as a slippery and tricky politician, intensely Bei nah. Massachusetts Democrats turn away from him to find a candidate who will com mand universal respect. No wonder their eys light on Bayard. Bayard represents old-fashioned, sterling honeety, a broad view in politics, fidelity to principle, faith in the people. He is a man no American need to blush to help place in the Presidential chair, lie is a candidate for whom independent voters could go without any hesitation. Republicans, whose moral sense may be offended by the triumph of the "machine" in their own party, can vote lor liayard, feeling that the Kepublic will suffer no detriment at his hands. This instinct which turns to the best candidate is the highest wisdom. The only chance tke Democrats have for carrying the country is in the selection of a candidate who is clean and honest and capable of rising above party. Thess qualities Bayard possesses, and these would make him a strong candidate. Deeds of a Revolutionary Giant. (.Correspondence Petersburg (Va.) Appeal. The allusion of a recent letter of your Louisa correspondent to the old revolution ary giant nero, Feter Francisco, revives many traditions and reminiscences of the wonderful performances and daring deeds of that extraordinary man. My father, recently deceased at the advanced age of ninety, will remember him, having frequently seen him in his native County of Buckingham. and related many anecdotes of his stirring ana perilous adventures and hairbreadth escapes as he heard the recital fall from the lips of the giant himself. He described him as six feet one inch in height, his weight 200 pounds, his complexion dark and swarthy. features bold and manly, and his hands and feet uncommonly large, his thumbs being as large as an - ordinary man's wrist. Suoh was his personal strength that

he could easily shoulder a cannon weighing 1.100 pounds, and he had seen him take a man in his right hand, pass over the floor and dance his head against the ceiling with as much ease as if he had been a dollbaby. The man's weight was 195 poun ds Partaking of the patriotic enthusiasm of the times, he entered the American Revolutionary army at the age of sixteen. He was present at the storming of Stony Point, and was the first soldier, after Major Gibbon, who entered the fortress, on which occasion he received a bayonet wound in the thigh. He was at Brandywice, Monmouth, and other battles of the North, and was transferred to the South under General Greene, where he was engaged in the actions of the Cowpens, Camden, Gailford Court House, etc He was so brave, and possessed such confidence in bis prowess, that he was perfectly fearless. He used a sword with a blade five feet long, which he could wield like a feather, and every swordsman who came within reach of him paid the forfeit of his life. IIIS LASl1 GKK1T VEXtUKE.

TheSoicide of the Boldet Speculator on the New York Stock Exchange. IXe w York Herald, 1 1.1 The body of Max A. Plaat, the stock broker, who has been missing since April 20 last, was found floating in the river at the foot of Congress Btreet, Brooklyn, last evening, by Michael Haley, residing at No. 17 New Bowery, this city. About a week previous to his disappearance, while in bis office at No. 53 Exchange Place, this city, be swallowed a quantity of laudanum. He as seized wita convulsions soon after, and his friends removed bim to the residence of a physician in Thirty-fourth street. When he had recovered sufficiently he was taken home to No. 242 Warren street. The following morning his wife found in one of the pockets of his coat a letter addressed to herself. It was in the handwriting of her husband. In it he bade her and the children good-bye and stated that he intended to end his lite. When questioned about it Mr. Plaat passed it off as a jok. One morning about a week later he left his bouse in a very excited and nervous state. He mad? but one transaction during the entire day. It was the sale of $50,000 Government bonds. He departed from his home at an early hour in the after noon. Within a short time alter partaking cf his supper be kissed his wife and left the house. He did not return that night, and the following day the police were informed of his strange disappearance. His private papers, $25 in money and his watch were found Ina neat package in his parlor. The police in their search for hita learned that at about in o c ock ou the night of his disappearance he was eeen by a watchman at the foot of Irving street. He appeared dazed and said he was looking for his home, which was in Butler street. Mr. Plaat went in the direction indicated by the watchman, and was never seen after. The deceased was at one time in the employ of Van Hoffman fc Co., and represented them in the old bold Room. He was said to be the boldest spec ulator on the street. He was a member of the Stock Exchange, and his family will re ceive $10.000 from the gratuity fund. They will aiso receive.several thousand more from the sale of his seat in the Exchange. Coroner Simms was notified last night and gave per mission for the removal of the remains to an undertaker's establishment on Hicks street. TUE STXTK PRESS. The Crawfoidsville Review discusses a question which is quite as apropos to Marien County as to Montgomery County. It says: The colored people in every part of the coun try are demanding their rights of the Republican party. The last Instance Is the action they took in the Georgia Htate Convention, when resolutions were adopted demanding that three fonrths of the delegation to Chicago be colored, and that taree fourth of the Government patronage be given to the colored people, in this city, it lliev have a desire to progress they have not manifested it. They appear content to do the bidding of white Republicans. They were never more obedient to men who claimed them aa property than they are to the dictation of the Republican ring of this city. This was demonstrated at the -city election, whea colored men had a preference for candidates on the Citizens' ticket, but at a word from these would-be masters they dared not express a choice. Without them the Re publican party In this County is In a hopeless minority, but they are treated with contempt; no favors given them, and they tamely sub mit. The negroes are in the seine relationship to the Republicans of this County. Without the colored vote the County is overwhelmingly Democratic. The Republicans use their colored allies in much the same way that they use mules. The new Republican Council recently took the Market Master's position from a colored man to make way for a white Radical. The Cannelton Enquirer says: O. O. Stealy, the Indiana correspondent of the courier-Journal, comments upon tne queer spectacle of twenty-one Democratic Counties in this 8tate, which give a reliable Democratic majority on the State ticket at all times, electing more or less Republican officers on the County ticket, and pertinently asks wby It Is so. The answer Is very simple. It is because where all the candidates for an office are personally known to the people who elect them, they are not so strongly bound by party influences that they are blinded entirely to merit and qualifications. If the Democracy insist upon placing men upon their ticket through the Influence of party tricksters, and fall to put forth men of merit simply because they can not be purchased at a price, they must expect that, although they can win a majority at the Convention, the majority will not be strong enough to carry against the popular voice of the rxrople at the polls. The race this fall on the State and National ticket will be a severe and closely contested one, and It la but an act of Justice that the Democracy in the ulnerent Counties pat forththe Dest men for the county offices that can be procured, regardless of the favoritism of Individuals, cliques or rings. If this rule Is followed generally throughout the Htate, there is no reason why Indiana should not carry the State by at least 20,000 majority in November. There is a deal of common sense in the foregoing. Why weak men should be put on a ticket at any time is a question that probably can be answered by those who put them there, but we have an idea that no satisfactory reason can be given for making up weak County tickets'.ln Democratic Counties this fall, county nominees will contribute to or draw from the National and State ticket more or less, and, therefore. It behooves our friends throughout the State to select their very best men for the approaching contest Let there be no weakness displayed In these matters. The Sullivan Democrat says: The Democratic Convention, last Saturday, was largely attended. Every delegation was full and a dwp lnterent manifested, lu the proceeds mgs. ueiegates were careimiy selected to all the Conventions, and quite a spirited contest was made over the odd delegate from the County at large to each Convention. It Is understood that the delegation to the State Convention Is almost unanimous for Landers for Governor, and Judge Scott fur the Hupreme Bench. The Congressional delega tion is also nearly unanimous for Cobb lor Congress. The Judicial delegates are reported to be divided between Wolfe and Blue for Prosecuting Attorney, while the Representa tive delegation are ail tor Jiumpnreya, The Starke County Ledger says: Frank Landers is making friends wherever he delivers an address. He Is the man to carry the State by an overwhelming majority against anything the Republicans may bring: out.

SECRETS OF THE FRIJJTING OFFICE,

One Class of Men Who Were Never Known to Betray Professional Confidence. London Printer sod Stationer. Printers have never, we think, received duo appreciation for the honorable confidence which they have preserved in regard to the Becrets with -which they have necessarily been intrusted. Such a case as this often happens. An article in a newspaper or magazine makes what is called a ''sensation." It is entirely anonymous, and public curiosity is excited to the utmost to discover the name of its author. The writer may be a Cabinet Minister, a high official, a courtier, or any of the thousand and one persons who,il he were suspected of writing for the press, would at once lose his position, his ofnee perhaps his reputation. On the other hand, the writer may be a struggling- author, a hard-working journalist, or a mere literary amateur. In any case his secret is preserved; his anony mity is safe as long as it is confided to the printers. Some years ago there was a great stir made about a book entitled "hece Homo. It was a clever work, and had an unexampled suc cess. ho is the author i was the question on everybody's lips. Some scores of persons were named, and they repudiated their participation in it. All sorts of conjectures wero hazarded, and no doubt large sums would have been paid by several conductors of journals for authentic information as to the name of the author. Yet that name was known to a master print' er, his overseer, and at least some of the compositore, but it was never revealed. When the name was published, it was not through the instrumentality of the printers, but entirely independent of them. They had faithfully kept their secret. Going back a few years, the authorship of the ' W averly JN oveis may be referred to as a remarkable incident of literary history, Sir "Walter Scott's authorship, although known by twenty persons, including a number of printers, was so well concealed that the creat novelist could not. even in his matchless vocabulary, find words of praise sufficient to express the sense of his grateful acknowledgment and w ondering admiration for the matchless fidelity with which the mystery had been preserved. There is another species of secrecy that relating to the careful supervision of confi dential public documents, books printed for secret societies, and the authorship of articles or pamphlets, as already referred to, which has been most honorably maintained. When treaties are prematurely published in news papers the copy is obtained from some leaky or venal official, and not from any of the printers who set up or work off the original. A case of this kind occurred a yeat two ago, wherein a convention between this country and another power was revealed to one of the evening newspapers. In the Foreign Office, at Whitehall, there is a regular Btaff of printers always at work, and if these men liked they might let oat secrets of the most momentous kind, any one of which would, perhaps, in these days of journalistic compe tition. !e worth a few hundred pounds. But such a dereliction of duty has never yet oc curred; it was a clerk, and not a composi tor, who betraved his trust. Most honorable to the profession is the story of Harding, the printer, who bravely bore imprisonment rather than reveal the authorship of the celebrated "Drapier" let ters. The nnntor sat in his cell xalmlv re fusing the entreaties of his friends to divulge the name ot the writer, Dean bwirt, a church magnate, and a great wit, who dressed him self in the disguise of a low Irish peasant, and sat by, listening to the noble refusal and the tender importunities, only anxious that no word or glance from the unfortunate printer should reveal the secret. Swift was bent solely upon securing his own safety at the expense of the printer; he cowered before the legal danger which Harding boldly confronted. The world has unequally allotted the meed ot fame to the two combatants. The wit and the printer both fought the bat tle for the liberty of the press, until the sense of an outraged community released the typographer from the peril so nobly encount ered. In thousands of other instances similar fidelity has been exhibited. In short, it is part of the professional honor of a printer not to disclose, either wantonly or from venal motives, the secrets of any office in which he is employed. There is also the allegiance which printers pay to their chief, in not divulging important intelligence, in some cases a com positor is necessarily intrusted with an item of news which would be negotiable immedi ately, and worth pounds to him. Seldom or ever is there a betrayal of trust in this way. The examination papers, printed so exten sively in London, are of the most tremendous importance to certain classes, who would pay almost any sum to obtain the roughest proof the night before. An instance of this kind occurred quite recently. A. printer was "got &L" and promised a considerable amount of money for a rough proof. V hat was his course of action? He simply informed the authorities, and the tempter was punished. It was another and a creditable example of how well and honorably kept are the secrets of the printing omce. The Bard Working: bat Inefficient Ant. From "A Tramp Abroad," by Hark Twain. Now and then, while we rested, we watch ed the laborious ant at his work. I found nothing new in him certainly nothing to change my opinion of him. It seems to me that in the matter of intellect the ant must be a strangely overrated bird. During many summers now I have watched him, when I ought to have been in better business, and I have not yet come across a living ant that Beemod to have any more sense than a dead one. ireiertotne ordinary ant, oi course ; x have had no experience of those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies, hold slaves, and dispute about religion. Those particular ants may be all that the naturalist paints them, but 1 am persuaded that the average ant is a sham. I admit his industry, of course; he is the hard et-working creature in the world when anybody is looking but his leather-headed ness is the point I make against him. He goes out foraging, he makes a capture, and then what does he doT Cio home? No: he goes anywhere but home. lie doesn't know where home is. His home may be only three feet away; no matter: he can't find it. He makes his capture, ns I have said; it is generally something which can be of no use to himself or anybody else; it is usually seven times bigger than it ought to be; he hunts out the awkwardest place to take hold of it; he lifts it bodily up in the air by main force. and starts not toward home, but in the op-

posite direction; not calmly and wisely, but git atl Now snuggle up agin, an' go to talkwith a frantic haste which is wasteful of his I in' about housekeeping'

strength; he fetches up against a pebble, and instead of going around it, he climbs over it

backward,

dracsrine his booty after him, tumbles down the otner side, jumps up in a passion, kicks the dust oil his clothes, moistens Lis hands, grabs his property viciously, yanks it this way, then that, shoves it ahead of him a moment, turns tail and lugs it after him another moment, gets madder and madder, then presently hoists it into the air and goes tearing away in an entirely new direction; comes to a weed; it never occurs to him to fo around it. No; he must climb it, and he oes climb it, dragging Lis worthless property to the top which is as bright a thing to do as it would be for me to carry a sack of flour from Heidelberg to rans by way of Stras burg steeple; when he gets up there he finds . . ... . . a i i . i . that mat is not uie piace; takes a cursory glance at the scenery, and either climbs down tumbles aown, ana starts ou once more as usual, in a new direction. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started from, and lays his burden down. Meantime he has been over all the ground for two yards around, and climbed all the weeds and pebbles ho came across. Now he wipes the sweat from his brow, strokes his limbs, and then marches aimlessly off, in as violent a hurry as ever, lie traverses a good deal of zig-zag country, and by-and-oy stumbles on his same booty again. He does not remember to have ever seen it before; ne looks around to sec which is not the way home, grabs his bundle and starts. Ue goes through the same adventures he had before. finally stops to rest, and a mend comes aiong. Evidently the mend remarks that a iai year's grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where he got it. Ev idently the proprietor does not remember exactly where he did get it, but thinks he got it "around here somewhere." Evidently the friend contracts to help him freight it home. Then with a judgment peculiary antic (pun not intentional), they take hold of oDDosite ends of that grasshopper leg and begin to tug with all their might in oppo site directions. Fresently they take a rest, and confer togetker. They decide that some thing is wrong, they can't make out what. Then they go at it again, just as before; Same result. Mutual recriminations follow. Evidently each accuses the other of being an obstructionist. They warm up, and the dispute ends in a fight They lock themselves together and chew each other's jaws for a while; then they roll and tumble on tne ground till one loses a horn or a leg and has to haul off for repairs. They make up and go to work again in the same old insane way, but the crippled ant is at a disadvantage; tug as he may, the other one drags off the booty and him at the end of it. Instead of giving up, he hangs on and gets his shins bruised against every obstruction that comes in the way. By-and-by, when that grasshoppe leg has been dragged all over the same old ground once more, it is finally dumped at about the spot where it originally lay. The two perspiring ants inspect it thoughtfully and decide that dried grasshopper legs are a poor sort of property after all. and then each starts off in a different di rection to see if he can't find an old nail or something else that is heavy enough to afford entertainment and at the same time valueless enough to make an ant want to own it. The Giants and the Dwarfs. A giant's buxom daughter, while on a frolic, trod Down from the mountain stronghold, her bluff old ire's abode. When in a vale an ox-team she found, hitched to a plow. Behind which walked a rustic, and all seem small enow. The oxen, plow, and peasant a burden slight she thought; So wrapped them in her apron, and to the castle brought. "Halloo!" the glan shouted, "my dear what have yon iounu;--Said she: 'Some tiny playthings I picked from off the ground." Her toys the giant glanced at, then qnoth: "My child, beware! Take back the little creatures, and place them where they were; For if this race of pigmies don't till the ground and sow. W giants on the mountain will lean and hungry grow." From the German of F. Backer. Cork. It may not be generally known that this valuable substance is nothing more or les3 than the bark of an evergreen oak growing principally in Spain and other countries bordering on the Mediterranean. In English gardens it is only a curiosity. When the cork tree is about fifteen years old the bark has attained a thickness and quality suitable for manufacturing purposes, and after stnpSing a iurtßer growtn oi eignt years, prouces a second crop, and so on, at imtervah for even ten or twelve crops. The bark is stripped from the trees in pieces two inches in thickness, of considerable length, and of such width as to retain the curved form of the trunk when it has been stripped. The bark peeler or cutter makes a slit in the bark with a knife, perpendicular from the top to the bottom; he makes another incision parallel to it, and at some distance from the former, and two shorter horizontal cuts at the top and bottom. For the stripping off the piece thus isolated, he uses a kind of a knife with two handles and a curved blade; sometimes after the cuts have been made he leaves the tree to throw off the bark by the spontaneous action of the vegetation within tne trunk. The detached pieces are soaked in water, and are placed over a fire when nearly dry, and acquire a more compact texture by being scorched. To make them flat they are pressed down with weights while yet hot. He Meant Business. One of those timid young men who can never work up sufficient courage to even hint at marriage to a girl, had for months paid his addresses to a beautiful damsel in the suburbs of Quincy. The object of this adoration expected the momentous proposal at each visit, and had thoroughly rehearsed her part, but visit after visit went by and the proposal came not. As the two sat in eparkable proximity last Saturday night, the side door opened and the girl's father marched in, clad just as he was when he slid out of bed a moment before. The girl hid her face in her hands and said: "Why, father I" and the lover turned pale and began to look for his hat. Giving his hair a twang the old man said: "Tom- do you want to marry herT "Why, sir. I indeed, sir " "None o' that, confound you yes or no! roared the parent "Well, sir ye-ye-yes, I do I" , Turning to the girL the old man said: "Martha, do you want him?" . "Yes, pa!" "Thar, now ! I've done in just half a minnte what it'd took vou sillv fool a a month to I . And the old man went back to bed, and ' was soon dreaming of a future son-in-law.