Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1881 — Page 7
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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1881.
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OUB FARMERS COLUMN.
healthy as Catawba, Isabella or Diana, resembling the latter: ia thick, leathery and has never shown mildew or leaf blight in the orielnal vineyard. The fruit has no
n Ar vAn..TnrtTBraltiTA.Uon of tendency to rot. It is not expected
o I . :.
COMMODORE
Aeeount of
ST0CKT02r.
Remarkable
Potatoes.
The PrentUa Grape Uome-MÄe FeaUher
Dusters Grafting Wax Newest Yarietlea of Strawberries, Etc.
Tha Indeixeodeot Farmer.
Let sailor -lu of the windy deep, Lei soldiers praise ihelr armor; But In my heart this toaat I'll keep The Indeieudent Farmer. When Brit the rose ia robe of green Unfolds its crimson lining. And 'round hi homely porch is seen The huneTsuckle twining, ..
When banks of bloom their sweetness yield To bees that gather houer. lie drives the team aenau the fie.o Where kies are soft and sunny. TT e black bird clucks behind his plow. The quail pipes loud ant clearly: Yon orchard hides behind its bougha The nmne be loved so dearly. The gray old rarn who doer enfold Ills ample More, in measure. Mow rich than heap- of hoarded gold, A precious blessed treasure: But yonder in the porch there stands Hi wife, the lovely charmer. The sweetest rose on all hu lands The Independent Farmer. To him the spring comes dancing day. To him 'lie i.mmer blushes. The aotnmn smiles with mellow ray. His sleeo the winter hushes; Be cares not how the worla may move. No doubts or fears confound Mm: He smiles in calm content and love On children gathered round him. He trusts in God. and loves his wile, Nor (rrief, nor ill may harm her, lie's nature's nobleman iu life The Independent Farmer. Cars of Young Turkeys. One of the most serious objections to raisinc turkeys for market is the great loss occurring among them when yery young. Indeed, this is the greatest difficulty the farmer has to overcome in their management for once beyond the downy period, and feathering all over, the task becomes an easy one. No mother is equal to the turkey hen in caring fr them, and it is no advantage to place turkey eggs under a common hen when it is desired to hatch them. First of all, the greatest care should be exercised that no dampness should reach
them, as it is surely ratal. luey snoum ue kept closelv confined under a coup that m water-tight until the sun has evatorated
all the moisture from the grass, and at
fyning they snoum De put up aKaui Lvture the sun goes down. 'Next comes regularity in feeding. The usual custom is to feed them three times a day, and, while that will answer for a certain extent for young chicsens, it will not suflh e for young turkeys. The difference is in the time of feathering. Young turkeys featl.er very rapidly, and during the process the system is taxed to its utmost to supply the demand occasioned by the rapid feathering. For that reason they should be fed Tery often. An omission ta feed for a long time will occasiou death, and the food should vary and not be of one kinl. Hardboiled eggs chopped fine, mixed with onions (tops and bulbs), is excellent. Oatmeal, coarsely ground, screenings of wheat and cracked com furnish a changeable diet, and if soft food is given it should be made by
that: it will succeed everywhere, nor
is it claimed to be a grape that will succeed over as wide a range of territory as the Concord, but it is recommended for planting in ordinarily good grape regions, and by those who want something that is really good. It has also proved a very profit
able market grape for good grape-growing
localities. In speaking of this grape, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder savs: "It is excellent.
and I think wilt prove one of the best acquisitions in our white American grapes that we have ever had. It is rich, and its Frontignan flavor, which few varieties posse, renders it still more desirable as a delicate fruit" Too Much Fruit. There Is nothing so generous as a graie vine, but once over load it with ftuit and I have known one to take several years rest from over-beiring, while the same sort, grown in the same situation, would have a good crop every year. My practice was when in constant harness as a gardner. to go over grape vines as they broke or began to throw out their flower clusters, and. with a pair of small shears, cut off all small or misshaped bunches before the flowers nwnpii and & trreat manr after they had
set, and thinned out the bunches after, for
nif orders were "have good trim: never mind the quality." All our fruit was well thinned out as soon as it had well set, and we did not dream of off years, unless Jack Frost, ., gave us a recess. Perambulating Gardner in Trairie Fanner. ' i rafting Wax. A reader writes us for a recipe for making
grafting wax that will not melt in summer
norcrackin winter, uepiying, w wouia
say that three parts resin, three parts bees-
war, and two parts tallow will malte an ex
cellent crafting-wax. A cheaper wax that
has given us good satisfaction is made by melting together four parts good, clear resin, two parts beeswax and one part tallow. When the ingredients are all melted and mixed, pour into a pail of cold water, when the wax will harden sufficiently to be worked and pulled, as in working molasses candv. If used in cool weather it will
be necessary to keep it in warm water, and in hot weather cold water will be needed. For nursery grafting, this wax is sometimes melted and spread on narrow strips of cloth which are wound around the graft. Kami Note. There will be an increaed acreage in tobacco in Wisconsin this season.
Sugar beets can only be grown to perfection on deep, rich soil. Poor, shallow soils can be made deejer by deep ploughing, and richer with more manure. Lice may be deriroyed by dipping the
pjants in hot water, so hot that the hand can
just bear it and no more. Dip them in and
take them out again instantly, and repeat it two or three time. It will not hurt the plants. It is a law of nature that low forms of herbage thrive on toor soils, where higher
and better types could not exist. Weeds abound in fields almost destitute of fertil
ity fields that ould not support a blade of timothy or red-top. A gentleman in Colorado informs us that
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The Independent. I now come to the most marvelous dueling adventure in which Stockton was engaged, and this I shall give as I heard the story told by its hero one day after dinner and in the presence of several gentlemen who were lingering about the table. Since writing out the narrative given below I have found in the )kston City Library an anonymous life of Stockton, apparently written for some political purpose, and published in 1&50. The writer gives an account of this duel from hearsay and "according to his remembrance"." The narrative differs from mine in several respects, and omits some striking particulars which I am certain that I heard irom the princii! actor. There must exist materials for an authentic life of the brilliant Commodore, and a most interesting book it would be. Neither niv memoiy nor my journals are infallible, and if any particulars are misstated(which I do not believe to be the case) they are offered as subject to correction bv a responsible biographer. The scene'was at Gibraltar, and there had been a previous duel between Stockton and a British officer attached to the station, who, however, was not the officer from whom the affront to be avenged had really come. There had been charges and countercharges negotiations and criminations, till dually the American officer in command put a atop to proceedings by the order that none of Iiis subordinates should go ashore while the ship remained in that port. The lull was only temporary. After a short cruise the Erie returned to Gibraltar, and this time the real offender was forced by the puolic opinion of his fellows to give the Yankee Lieutenant the meeting he bed demanded. A guarantee was required by Stockton that the British authorities "of the town should not be informed of the duel, with a view to ordering his arrest; and a pledge was given that there should be no interference. "Under these circumstances," said Stockton, "I went ashore without distrust. The flag had been grossly insulted by a british officer, who was now backed up by his comrades. I was the only unmarried officer on board the Krie, and my duty was, of course, clear. The Governor of the fortress, during our previous visit, had announced that he would hang any Yankee who came ashore for the purpose of fighting; and, although it was not probable that he would have dared to carry out the threat, he would have been ugly enough had he caught me. It was arranged between our seconds that, upon landing, we should be conducted to a retired place, where the duel might come off without in
terference. British honor was pledged to this, and, believing it still to be worth somesomething, I was rowed ashore, accompanied by my second and the ship's doctor." The graphic description of what followed must be given in a feeble outline. The Americans were conducted to a spot near the top of the rock, where they met the nnnosine tartv. It then appeared that no
immediate fighting was intended, for the
Kmrlishmen beiran to enter upon a discus
sion, and to raise frivolous objections to the recognized code of duel
ing. Stockton, seeing that all this tended to
1el.iv. and susoectim: treachery, euaueniy
declared that he would waive all right and lifht at once tinon whatever terms his oppo
nent miirht choose to exacc After such a de-
Corwine on the political issues of the day. II Mr. Corwine will come forward I will introduce him to the andiente. I went forward. The Chairman aanl further: This is the lion. Mr. Thomas Corwine, who will address you!' I thought I would break that dronishness or kill myself; I told my funniest stories; 1 cracked tny best jokes in frofusion; I lavished remarks that would ay a Southern Ohio audience up with the pleurisy. But all were as solemn as though I was pronouncing the funeral oration over Cock Robin. Occasionally I would see a fellow put his hands to his face and bend down as though in devotion, but when his face came up it was again solemn. At length I gave up in despair. After we were all out of the Church one of them came up to me, and doubling himself up with laughter, he said: 'Mr. Corwine, you said some of the (te-he-he) funniest (te-he-he) things I ever heered (te he-he he.) I du declare you come pretty near making me laugh right in meetinV What a terrible calamity that would have been! But to the Western Reserve Yankee a laugh in the house of worship or 'meet in' house,' as he call it, would be an unpardonable sin." THE STAK ROUTE RASCALITY.; The Annual Pay Raised Iletween the Letting: from 7x7,119 to 2,804,314. Washington Special The following table, showing the increase of annual pay of ninety-three "Star" routes out of 9,225, whereby the annual pay of the
ninety-three routes was raised, between the
ettings ol 18. and January l, ishu, irom
727.119 to $2,802,214, IS furnished Irom Offi
cial sources:
Lenirth Increased
of routes Original to total In miles. Annual Annual
pay. pay. LOUISIANA.
Names of Coxtbac
tors.
B. H.
B
F. C. Armstrong
.C. Armstrong -
H. Price.
C. Lain
H. Visdale. ................
C. Taylor-..
C. Taylor
T. T. Chidester..
Chase Andrews.
V. Ilughes.... . Tisdale
Chase Andrews.
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hr.iiinz potatoes anu lUlCaening uiero win. i iiy irrigation ucgic l uuimuwrr u traut lour I ciaraiion noreirtttfc hbsjiumiuic. lutjivuim
fine brai In giving soft food always salt to feet three inches in circumference. Cauli- was measured, shots were exchanged, ana a. . ...!,. v,i alt a well as "animals. I flower is fond of water, and we have seen the British officer fell wounded. Stockton
.j. hi imjw Lin acTü a.v I -
1 but aAO'd an excess. - As soon as the dangerous period of feathV erint has iassed they may be allowed to ) lamble at will. In tobacco fields they perform all the work of "worming it, picking I off every green worm that can be found in a " ä JS .1.1 f nruiitpfl CT tnmatoe. Thev are erent
HCIVI Ul Www- - foragers, and grasshoppers and nealy all ' kind of insects are cleared off a farm where
ley have liberty to forage, One goDDier is
sufficient for a dozen nens, ana uiey wiu
protect their young vigorously n auacaeu.
When about half itrown tlie young maies
Inesce in battle, which tioes not ena umu
iae of them is master, anu uiwu mi.v
Pock may be seen warring with each other. C Turkevs are very profirable, and on )- farms that have plenty of range, will return ereater eanivalent for the amount of cap-
itAi invested in them than anything else.
If they are hatched under a common nen .they will often go into the coops at night
and root msiae wiwi oiner pounrv; um
when hatched under a turkey nen tney in
variably prefer to roost on the orancnes oi
trees or some hiRn location. Aneycinoe
r1aught to come at the call if they are fed Vjfh remilaritv. Alwavs give them a feed
nen they cmie up at night. This teaches L Ihem to expect it; and at a certain period every evpnng they will come for their food I and then go to roost.
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In thip section no doubt the early vane'es areplantfd by thin t'me, but the later ;ind slvpuld not' be el yed longer than
. 1 1 iL.
no-ime. as some ot tnam. sucn as me
Peachblow.and Peerless, require full time in which to gi ow. If manure is used it will be found a.i advantage to heavily broadcast the locatioti after plowing, and then work it in well with a harrow. Such manure must
be thomujrhly rotted. Ik is not only useless and wasteful to ne fresh manure on potatoes, but detrimental. - it often ennses rot and detracts from the keeping qualities. No potato has been introduced as yet that can M.-p-are with the Teaehblow in keepirg Valine, b-it It has ti e objection of grow
ing all vine antil just previous 10 lorminp
tubers, and ins it seenn to no very snaoenly. It is nt esy to judre of the prospective crop bv the Rrowth nf the vine on thi variety. In all other respect it is incomparable. On light sandy ils th magnum Bonum is bst adapted, as it will ften produce on Boils that prow n other kind. Chemical fertilizers are heMer for potatoes than atAhle tninure, owing to the injury to
the tnr en bv the latter, and the principal Ingred-ent of such fertilizers it potash. For in acre "f p'atoes enough should be used to. prod nee more than usual. One thousand ponad of the ahe of potatoes conta'n about .VX) pounds of potah and a little over 100 pounds of phosphoric acid. Of course, it takes a great deal amount of potatoes to get 1,000 ponnds of
ashe, but it waches tu to leca our cmr witli that which will give the Vest renlti intead of applying manure at hazard. The tops are to be supplied alo. and lime here crmip.s into use. Without intending to give a complete formula of chemicals, the following would be a fair proportion of each: Muriate of potah, 2.V) pounds; plaster. 200 pounds; superplx spha. l.V) pounds;
nitrate of soda. 75 ponnds. This would cost about $10, and would not only repay Its
original cot. but wou.d Inerea-e the numf bcr and size of the tubers. Apply broadcast Vyind lightly harrow in. It is best, however, for farmer to experiment with a small patch before trying the chemicals extenVJively, as soils differ, and too much is a wwaste. Instead of chemicals, if preferred. V use wood ab and plaster mixed, to which should be added a bag of superphosphate to
;the acre, i s an me asnes pmsioie. astner will b no daneer of anplying too much. On
sandy, dry on a mnicn aronnn me vine i beneficial, for it will not only remain mois ture, but a-wist in keeping down the gras and weeds. A little guano is sometimes used on potatoe, but tins vegetable does not need it to a very great extent The potash in the wood allies is in a caustic state, and they should not be mixed with any kind of material that is rich in ammonia, as they
liberate it. Tb. PrtntlM Grap.
The Prenfisa is a new white grape which s achieved an enviable reputation among
experts. It ia ona selected from a large number of seedlings started by J. W. Prentiss, of Pultney. Bteuben county, N. Y., from seed of Isabella, ever fifteen yean ago, and is a port native aeedlinr, with no taint of for
eign blood. The foliage fcai proven a
large plantations in the continent of Eurot-e
th it were regularly watered every evening, except during rainy weather. Soot contains a large amount of ammonia when first brought from the chimney. Soot also absorbs ammonia after it has been spread upon the land; it also contains a large quantity of creosote, which is useful in destroying Insects, besides being an excellent fertilizer for all kinds of crops. A. S. Gardiner, of Ypsilanti, Mich., in
response to a challenge to produce an ear of corn with 1)00 kernels, produced a basketful of ears averaging a foot in length and none having less than 9)0 kernels to the ear. One specimen bad 1.20! kernels. The variety is vellow dented red cob, and was planted in
hills four feet ap-irt each way and yielded 12i) bushels to the acre. All keepers and feeeders of cows should bear this in mind, that a cow can not make cud when fed on shorts or meal alone. These mut be iuixd with lons?er feed, either in their manger or in the animal's stomach. It is not necessary to mix the substances before feeding, as the motion of the stomach will mix them sufficiently to form a cud. American Cultivator. Jo-epli Harris says that an excellent manure for the gardner and fruit grower is made by mixing two or three bushels of bone dut through a load of stable mann re and letting the whole ferment together. The bone dast increa.se the fermentation and the heating manure softens the bone. The whole becomes a strong fertilizer if the heap is properly attended to.
advanced to inquire Into the nature oi the injury, and then the wretched man was shamed into a confession that treachery had
been nracticed. and that instant flight was
iiecesarv it his opponent wouM avoid ar
rest. Uoon this the Lieutenant started for
his bo:vt, running at full speed. His way
lav through a nassace cut out of the rock.
which gave access to the beach below. Upon turning a corner, when about half way
down, he was confronted bya hie of soldiers.
drawn up to oppose his passage. The officer in command was a pursy little fellow, who seemed to eniov hugely the discomfiture of
his supposed captive There stood this merry
gentleman ujHn a parapet which guarded the road, and which was raised a few ieet ulove it. His squad was ranged in a line with him, completely cutting off the passage. There was not a moment for delay;
the situation was desperate ; it could be met onlv bv a resolve as desperate. The clMoer
was off his puard and was chuckling with
delieht. Now was the instant for a dash
Now stiffen the sinews, summon up the
blood, and there was yet a chance for liber
ty. Instead of making the surrender which
was expected. Stokcton sprang at this
cheerful officer. He grappled with him;
he Kot his head under his arm; he lumped with him from the parapet, and in
a rujinent the two men clapped together
were rolling over and down the side oi the
rock. Presently the iiarties separated, the
Englishman rolled one way and the Ameri
can another. At length Stockton managed
to stop his perilous descent and dropped a
number of feet to the beach below. Covered
a , , l - . . 1 I 1 . 1 - 1
H.skino- nf our rreat wWt rrnr tl, Willi DlOOd anu Uin, Wim nis ClOUies iieari
American Miller remarks that few pecple "tripp! from him, he accosted a gentlemai
in our own country realize how inexhaustible our resources are for wheat growing The total area of lands available for wheat culture in the United States is not less than 470,00fO00 acres. Our entire wheat crop of the Bt year would not supply seed enough to sow so vat an area of wheat land. One writer on ensilage truly says: "It will a s'st enormously in makinsr mankind independent of the weather; for the constant ue of the plow and .the cultivator.
and the raising of strong, growing crops will greatly obviate the difficulties from drought, while the serious loss and expense of harvesting crops in wet seasons will be greatly diminished by this method of preserving food."
a suoscriner writes wiai, notwithstanding the many new methods for ridding squash s and cucumbers of bugs, he has not yet found a more certain remedy than the following: Mix fresh cow dun with water to the consistence of paint; then, with a wisp of straw or an old broom, smear the vines. Besides destroying the insect pests the above appli
cation invigorates tue vines. A great advantage that may be claimed for sugar-beet culture is the utilization of the land annually left open to fallow, which would effect a great saving and be a fruitful annual source of profit to cultivators. The ground after previous culture of Indian corn would be in excellent condition for the beet crop, after having been broken up In the fall, and could, after beets, be planted in the subsequent pringin oats or Darley. and these in turn, after application cf maoure,may be followed by wheat.
who was taking his morning ride upon the
beach, and beirired the instant loan ot his
horse. This rennest the rider not unnatural
Iv declined. Whereupon he was seized by
the leg and pulled from the saddle. His assailant instantly mounted the horse and
putting him to his speed made for the boat.
lie looked ut for a moment and saw the
soldiers running about in a distracted man
ner, most of them tearing down the road to
cut him off. Stockton, however, readied the boat, gave the order to pull for the
frigate and then fainted. He did not recov
er consciousness until he found himself in
lis berth on board the Erie.
These events were related at the persistent
request of others, i hey were given modestly.
but with great spirit. There were at that
time living witnesses to the escape, and the
facts connected with it were well known.
have already said that we must regard
Stockton's duels from the point of view of
the profession to which he was devoted.
The highest officers of the Navy sanctioned this barbarism a-ia duty to which a brave end
honorable man might be called. Only a
years before my visit to Washington fou
American Commodores left the city on thl
miserable business. Decatur and Barron
were the principals, llalnbridge and Klliot acting as seconds. The brave and gallant
fecatur, the priueoi the American Navy
there met his death. It is not necessary to
resori to vnristian eiaics to condemn i practice which has cost such valuable lives
but let us do justice to the high-minded
men wuo were victims ot an infatuatioi:
which we have left behind us.
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Lord Reaconsfleld's Lying-Ability. .London Truth. Disraeli, at the Royal Academy dinner ol 1877, amused his audience by praising the
hnghsh artists lor imagination a quality which no one else has ever given them credit for possessing. Julian Hawthorne says that an hour or so later Browning met the great statesman strolling about the gallery and inspecting the pictures through
hi" era-glares, "hat l especially notice
in these things," he remarked, turning to the poet, "is the total absence ot the imaginative faculty which they exhibit." 'Now what can have been his object in that?"
Star Route Brady, ' Senator Joe Hawler'a Hartford Courantl The removal of Second Assistant Post
master General Brady was accelerated ty the recent discovery of evidence of a Startling character against that official in
connection with the Star Koute service con
tracts. Those who onght to know intimate that a first-class scandal is Impending over this business, and that many prominent
public men, officials and contractors, will be affected by the development. It U even
asserted that a criminal prosecution may
follow the promised exposure.
Peterson. I 'rice Price ..
, 261 . lft2 TEXAS.
120 l.VO 179 17 74 219 1..V) 90
fll.700 A,200 v.uso
1,701 1,311 2,733 2,765 8.410 3 670 16.W7 134.000 630
INPU TERRITORY.
M. Pec R. Miner....R. Miner . W. I'arker...
I'M 1 4 725 KAX8VS.
108 4G 90
M. Peck...
A. McDevitt..
J. W. Dorsey
A. S. Patrick.... Luke Voorheea.
T. A. McDevltt J. K. Miuer J. YV. Parker
W. Parker...
tieonre II. Pratt..
T. A. McDevltt.. T. A. McDevitt.. O. J. Salisbury..
Patrick X
NEBRASKA. ... 125 - 2a8 DAKOTA. f0 7 15fi ?0 U-tO r." 3S0 35 MOKTAKA. .... 326
140
116 5
WY0MIKG. Brown.... 331 COLORADO.
W. iKtreey -
A. II. Brown
J. V. Dorsey
A. H. Itrown ,
C. W. Foster
J. IL Miner .,
K. Miner.... R. Miner .
C. W. Köster
W. Dorsey ,
Luke Voorüees..
J. R. Miner................
H. Price W. Dorsey
a. v. Meswerole.
M. V. Nichols
B. Price ...... II. Miner...
V. CoHgrove
W. W. tiiddiugs.. W. W. Giddiug..
John A. Walb
A. H. Brown...
W. Dorsey...
j. si. reca
ll. Price
A. L. Seeley
V. Parker
W. Dorsey
W. M
10 69 60 45 151 49 32 45 146 2SM 296 74 60 79 31 40
KKW MSXICO.
316 197
... 4J4 .... 4U0 1S5 RIZOXA. .. 460 ... 191 ... tti ... 2u6 luo - 120 107
197
7,000 761 820 6.330
1,597 1.321 47
868 9.775 398 1,900 17.000 17,000 2.3.50 11.7J0
16,000 6,625 4,921 2,500
11,777 1.700 1.200 l,7fJ 1.477 5,500 380 548 I 338 1 940 1,'4C7 U.UUO i.iJü 2 MO LlX 817 830
! 26. 1.T4 14, 00 3.iu0 1,700
Urillilü 140
UTAH.
O. J. SalisburyJ.M. Peck
F. W. üilmer...
S. B. Iluntley...
T. A. McDevltt.,
M. PeckII. Warren....
J. W. Dorsey... J. M. Peck-.... J. M. Peck.
320 132
. IK) IDAIO. 52 . lt OREGON. . 1X 71 . 2J7 . 275 . 243 NEVADA. . 92 . 120 12 46 .. 95 - 210
146
J. W. rrker. J. W. Parker J. M. Kenton
W.L. Hill Hugh White. UuKn White J. W. Parker.
U. J. Salisbury. 225
CALIFORNIA. Salisbury St Nichols 304 J. M. Peck . 120 William Hamilton 215 M. V. Nichols 125 O. J. üalUbury-.... ltf M. V. Nichols..... .M 60 C. W. Konter. 41 C.W. Foster . 279 J. M. Peck 179 C. W. Foster 122 O J. Halubury 'ilS Wm. Heury Force...... 200
1S.S00 7,440 2.SS2 4,942 1.514 4,999 2,g;u 1,.tC8 CtttJ
43.000 1.16H 2,390 720 4.7ÖO
2,4öS 5,600 3.Ü38 8.238 4.330 7.340 4.400 7.414 7.3W0 1V300 7,Mt 10,700 29.000 l.lNt 12,45 2.270 6,975 623 2.1W0 54, 35 5.9&3 4.000 3.425 ll.UU)
51.961 34.4H4 22,303
7,371 8.4M) 2.S.403 12,400 ,.25,601 5.3O0 2S.600 299,0(i0 5.80
34,200 5,707 12.300 150,392 5.732 2,000 7,954 4.312 29,275 6,133 3.800 25,800 33,285
70.0U0 21.6J9 . 2,075
S4,7f5 13.7:.9
14.MI
11,606
90,043
13,706 11.200
ll,Ur5 7.754
31,190
8.133 3,945 4.270 14.84
13.430
4i,663 18,193 13,253 16.501 3,129 31,836
67,04
13,110 91.212
31.500 15,840
115.975 t.9)i0 18.600 7.;s
34,076 17,569 14.112 32,640
67.166
19.311
14,340 4.080
16,792 21.4GO 13.775 20,:Wu 72.520
U1.60U 16,082
17.879
2.U'.3
5.24
14.6UU 39,295 16,364 31,600
55,378 8.910 36,284 8,220 27.9U! 4.205 6,i "60
89.00U
35.928 22,586 47.950 43.414
Total...... M M .9727,119 $2,802,214 The regular appropriation for Star Route
eervice lor the year ending June 30. 1880,
was $5,000,0JO. Of Una amount $2.802,214.
was absorbeu by the mnety-three routes em
braced in the above table, leaving $3,Oy7,7fci
lor the remaiuing a,u routes.
FE1RLS FH0M THE PACIFIC
Tom Corwin on th Reserve.
turwiu ruae less on tue iteserve, per haiA than in any other nortion of the State
lie was fond of relating anecdotes in regard to the peculiarities of the people in bis portion of the State. One of these ran something as follows: "I was unfortunate enough on a certain occasion to speak in the little town of 1)., on the Western Reserve. You have all heard of the Western Reserve and her Yankees, I presume, and so I need not particularly describe them. Well, the
meeting was to be held in the Presbyterian Church. I wasescortad to the house by one of the very respectable citizens, and took my scat In front of the big, high pulpit, which was boxed up on the side of the wall half way UD to th rHini- Klnallv.
after a prolonged deathlike stillness, a man arose back in the center of the room and i,. ' nomInat Mr. Jonathan Kd wards for Chairman of this meeting.' Another man got up in another part of the room and said, 'I aecond the motion.' After awhile all heered the motion and the second. You w favor it say aye, contrary no. Mr. Jonathan Edward i$ elected President of this meeting.' Mr. Edward
came solemnly forward, and, after being eeated a few mtnutee, arose and said: .Ladies and Gentlemen You b come together to-night to taten to Hon. Thomas
Visitations of Provldeneo. ISew York World.
This is the season of the year when ministers most frequently stand at the heads of
cotnns, and before benches full of solemn
mourners, to talk ' of mysterious dipeim
lions of Providence. It is the season in which men who were in their prime a week 1 A 1
ago are ouneu io-ubj, wnen joung niei
who were certain, in their own mind, of
length oi a ays, hurry suudeniy to the lan.
in which we are assured they will remain
young forever, while nwy children go the same way with a rapidity that is startling. In all such cases the preacher warns the hearers to prepare for death; would it not be just as reverential and far more sensible to improve the opportunity to warn men that they should bo more careful in prearing for life? It is not a visitation of Providence that Impels a man to go out into a damp breeze, even If he be warm, 'without being well clad. Providence does not require brisk young men, whom opring sunshine throws into a profue erpiraUon, to sit down by an open window to get cool, nor does Providence prom pt mothers to8end children out in lixht attire to play on a day in which the weather is not tke same for more than two hours at a time. Providence never creates people for the purjHxe of coming to an untimely end through their own imprudence, and ministers are jut the men who should say as much to their hearers. Libraries In America. fNew York Tribune.J Dr. Chapin'e library, his eon nays, cost $100.000; it gave him the pleasure of collecting it and using it all his life, and brought 60 per cent return after his death. "I never beard of a library breaking any a an," said book-dealer in Philadelphia. "Home other form of dissipation may sacrifice a library, but book of themselves never ruin people.'1
The Pearl Fisheries of Lower California
How tho Capita a of Europo Aro Bapplied. Jfew York Ilerald. On the coast of Lower California an im
portant industry has been developed by the pearl fisheries of that remote region. Five merchants and 1,000 daring divers are wearing out their lives in supplying the markets
of Paris, London and New York with the
rare and costly black pearl, which is found
in a state ot great perfection in the deep waters off La 1'az. The -latitude is a little
south of Key West, in Florida, and not far
north of Havana. Since the recent Mexican
fever becan an increasing tmblie interest
has been taken in the resources of the ancient empire of the ilontezumas, and the gold and silver and other
precious products of that land are
exciting much curiosity among American capitalists. As the pearl fisheries of Ixwer California belong to Mexico, they will of course rank among the other natural riches of that country. Chief Kngineer Magee, of the United States Navy, who has lately
returned Irani the tiuir of California, was found at the Fifth Avenue Hotel recently.
in company with one of the principal pearl merchants of Mexico, who had just arrived from 1'aris, whither he had been on a mis
sion to dispose of his annual harvest of precious atones. This merchant, while
toping to see his country developed and
American capital, industry and machinery
encouraged for this purpose, did not think that the present condition of the pearl fisheries of the Gulf of California would war
rant the investment of more capital or labor.
The following facts were given during the nterview: Pearl oysters are found from one
to feix miles from shore in from eieht to
twenty-one fathoms of water. The one thou
sand divers who are engaged in searching
ior mem are generally employed under the
contract system, as they make greater efforts
to discover the pearls than they do when hired by the day. lioats, diving apparatus, and money for provisions and outfits are supplied by the merchant on condition that all the iearls discovered shall be sold to him at such prices as mav be agreed unon in
other words, that he may have the refusal of all the pearls found. Sail boats of live tons
burden and containing six men each are fitted up with sleeping and cooking accomo
dations, and six months are devoted to pearl
aiving up ana aown tne coast, irom May un
til uctober and ovember. I he total product of a year's work is estimated at about $:00,000 that is, valuing the pearls at the first cost price. The United States is a very poor place to sell pearls
of any kind, and black pearls, which are
most valuable, are bought exclusively by wealthy and titled people in Kurope. St.
retersourg ranks next to Pans as a good
market for them, while in the United States
there is a great demand for diamonds of extraordinary value. Of the entire yield of Mexican pearls 10 per cent, are white. 40 per
cent blue, and 13 per cent black. The blue stones are of little value. The ovster in
which the pearl is found has the shape of a
large clam or saddle-rock, ovbter, but it is
smooth and brilliant, with all the colors of
the rainbow. The shells, which are known as the mother-of-pearl, are carried once a vear in thins nf 2 000 tons nrnnn.l Piire
Horn to Hamburg, where they are sohl t i
German merchants and manufacturers for
sawing into buttons, knife handles, paper
cutters, anu a thousand other ornaments for
boudoir and studio. Americans are begin
ning to use this material, and it is thouuht
that there will be a large demand for pearl
shells in a few year. Thev are worth from
$400 to $.500 per ton. Hoston buys more of
them than any other city in the I mted
States.
The value of pearls depends entirely upon
their size, shape and color, and perfect con
dition. There can never be an arbitrary
schedule of prices agreed urm, for what one man may be willing to pay $1,000 another man would not give a tenth rart of 1.. Tl.. 1 " I , , ,
mi" ouiii. a ue jiu.-siiau iiuoies are especially fond of rich black pearls, which would
scarcely find sale in the United States, ex
cept as a matter of singulation to send
abroad. The uncertainties of the fisheries
are great Sometimes it is weeks and even
months before $100 worth of stones are dis
covered. The choicest pearls found during a season are worth from $1.000 to $5.000
apiece. The cheapest pearls arc sold by weight. Generally pearls are ubout the size of bullets and found in the soft oyster near the place where it joins the shell. Then again, just at the close of a long and unprofitable season, an experienced diver may tind a few pearl3 worth a fortune Strange things happen down in the wild solitudes of those distant fisheries. Poor men sometimes tind pearls that a king might envy, and if the divers were frugal they could often rise above the obscurity of poor pearl fishermen; but such successes are generally followed by dissipation, which soon leaves the man as penniless as he was before. The Mexican divers of the Gulf of California are said to be the most expert in the world They go down into deep water and remain below for a long time. In former times many men were lost in this perilous pursuit after submarine treasures. Knglish diving suits are taid to be the safest and most satisfactory, and superior to the celebrated French armor, but American htsepi pes are unsurpassed. Several years ago a large number of divers lost their lives in one season because of the defective Knglish hose tubing. Since then there have not been many serious accidents. The loss of life caused by the exjHsure and hardships of pearl li-hing is considerable, and the men generally retire after a few yearn of active service to spend the rst of their wretched days in trying to find relief for a rheumatic paralysis which generally closes a pearlfisher's life. The lower currents of the sea, at a depth of eighteen or twenty fathoms, are very cold, even in the tropics, while the pressure is oppressive. The blood grows cold and thick, so that the joints stiffen, the muscles contract, and only the strongest constitutions can long survive the hardships of the pearl fishing. t The divers see a great many eharks, but, as a rule, they do not fear them, although they sometimes cut or break the pipes which supply the men with air from the atmosphere above. The danger mt dreaded by the brave fishermen is the celebrated devil lish. "They are all we fear," said the merchant. "They lie near the bottom of the M il. At first bight they seem insignificant and harmless, but if a diver or the air-pipes come within their reach, their long, shadowy tentacles or lingers suddenly clutch the object with apowerful, tighteninggrasp, until the man is crushed to death or the hoe-pi pes cut ia twain. Many a man has
lost hu life through the wickedness of these devil fish." II aman Nature In tho Country Storo. Chicago' Alliance. A great place in which to study human nature is the village store, and if the minister does not nibble at the crackers, nor steal the raisins, nor sample the evaiorated apples, nor allow the current talk to drift into the boundaries of the impure, he can get ami do a "night' of good sitting on the cracker barrelonce ink while. Thesort of man he is who does the occasional sitting, determines the good or evil of it And there is a deal of fun to be gained around the counter of the village store. Here the crops are discussed, and the Sunday's sermon, and the doctrine of predestination, all with equal daring; here the witty sallies fly, and here. It may be said, is settled the fate of the Nation. We read in this paragraph: "The boxes and benches were a good deal cat op with knives." The happiest days of all of us are notched into memory with a jack-knife. The old school house on the country hillside how it was hacked up? You had lefi your mark oa many a tree in the forest where you used to camp out when a boy. IVrhapa the bark has not yet grown over Olivia name, carved on some tree with exceeding care. And what companionable Bam law son thoee idle cat on the bench of the village store may eiguify. Your 8am
Lawsons are not the worthless fellows they have been made out to be. The instinctive
Wisdom of nature often sits idly on a cracker barret Genius and good humor incarnate
and aoauaintances well worth cultivat
ing are these fellows sommeties. Not
ail the wisdom of the world nor much of it we had almost said is packed away in books. The village loafer, who knows all about the ways of the chipmunks and the foxes; who can designate every bird at a glance; who knows the best bait and the best holes for trout in the brook; who can locate the bone-spavin of every horse in town, and is familiar with every bit of village gossip, can give the minister many a valuable hint and illustration as he whittles away the slivers from the boxes and benches of the village store. And if the preacher can not find a chance to read Sam and his companions a short but effective sermon once in a way, he is not worthy of his vocation. It may be that the preachers of our time mind their books too much and talk with sinners in a familiar, sympathetic way too little. It would seem that if a minister could not sit
down and talk in a kindly way with even
the worst of men without receiving mortal
moral injury, his pecple should put him in a glass case lest the dust of this world gets into his delicate ethical machinery and ruin it The minister misses an opportunity who
does not make it a point to be about and among his people in a companionable way, even to the extent of going a-fishing with Sam Lawson or sitting among the loafers on
the boxes of the village store at least when the mail comes in."
A Georgia J udge. i Albany Law Journal. The Georeia reports are a vear ami a half
behind. But when we read" Judge Bleckley's opinions, and reflect that we are reading the last of them, we wish that these retorts were much more in arrear. so that we
could continue to be refrcshedand delighted by the unfailing fountain of his wisdom and humor.
In Harriman against First Bryan Baptist
Church, which involved a breach of con
tract to furnisha steamboat for an excursion
for the society, the Judge Bays: "A Committeeman on board was threatened with a most profane form of immersion."
In Kupperman against McOehee, he says: Trusts are children of eouity: and in a
Court of Equity they are at home under the family roof tree and around the hearth of their ancestor."
In Nussbaum against Heilbron, a son earned on business in the name of Jhis father, because he felt that hi-own name was under
a mercantile cloud. As Judge Bleckley ex-
Eresses it: According to the charges of the ill, the father had no capital and the son no character. The man without character carried on business in the name, and upon the credit, of the man without capital." In Dee against Porter we find the following: "It not infrequently happens that a judgment is affirmed upon a theory of the case which did not occur to the Court that rendered it, or which did occur and was expressly repudiated. The human mind is so constituted that in many instances it finds the truth when wholly unable to find the way that leads to it "The pupil of impuUe, it fore'd him along. His conduct still riRht, with his argument wrong; still aiming at honor, yet fearing to roam, Thecoachman was tipsy, tbe chariot drove home." In Forrester against State the defendant
undertook to evade the law against retail
ing intoxicating liquors without a license, by having his cook sell them in his kitchen. "In the defendant's kitchen, by his servant,
in his presence, and with his co-operation through the responses, 'Go to Mary,' and
'(Jive tbe money to Mary,' the trathc was oartiedon. There is little doubt that the
defendant was the deity of this rude shrine.
and that Mary was only the ministering Kriestess. But if she was the divinity and e her attending spirit to warn thirsty devotees whero to drink, and at whose feet to lay their tribute, he is amenable to the State as the promoter of forbidden libations. Whether ti these usurped rights he was
serving aiary or Mary him, may make a difference with the gods and goddesses, but
maKes none wun men."
In Lester against Lester the nnestinn was
about attaching a husband for contempt in
refusing to ray ulimoney. This is what the
Judge thought about it: "If a man, though having health, will not work for the support of his wife and minor children, a Court can
not assume direct control of his will and
muscle and compel him to labor. To be idle, taking the conseUfiu es, is one of the
privileges ol a freeman, unless he is convicted of penalty of some offense and put to work as a punishment But while a Civil Court can not order an able-bodied man to go to work, it can, in a proper case ior alimony, order him to con tribute so much money at such and such times to the maintenance of his dejiendent family, and leave hint to provide the money by the free and voluntary exercise of his faculties, mental and physical, or by any other means at his command. The attachment will bring the actual resources of the respondent to a practical and decisive test Pressure is a great concentrator and develojer of force. Under the stress of an attachment, even the vision of the respondent himself may be cleared and brightened, so that he will discern ways and means which were once hidden from him. or seen ob-
crv tu -J m
In rpeaklng of the power of amendment
on ai peal, in Burr us against Moore, he says:
i urative measures are not restricted to the early stages of a case; our 'Court physicians' now treat chronic disorders as well as acute
ones."
In Dodd against Middleton, the Judge dissented in the following terms: "If I could be reinforced here by the votes, as I am by the opinions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and the Court of ApIeals of New York, I could easily put my brethren in the minority; but as it is, they are two against one, and I have no option but to yield to the force of the numbers in other words, to the 'tyranny of majorities.' Though twice beaten, . I am tiU strong in the true faith, and I am ready to sutler for it (moderately) on all proper occasions."
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British (at an "impasmonist" painter's): "What sort of a subject are you going to paint on that immense black ranvasr'
"How, sir? That, sir, is my greatest mas
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