Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1886 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY AtfllL U, 188fc

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Unable to Walk Without Crutches, rhysician Fall. All Remedies Fail. Cured by Cuticura Remedies. Recognizing the fact that nine-tenths Of the testimonial or certificates published by various socalled patent medicines of the day are not credited by tht majority of the people who read them as being genuine, but manufactured by the proprietois tkereof. almost persuades me from saying anything in praise of your great Ct tici ka Kemuxes. Notwithstanding all this, I am constrained to a sense of moral duty, to which I owe you for the efficaciousness of your highly valuable remedies, te convey to you my most grateful acknowledgments and unequivocal testimony iu behalf of the virtues and healing powers of your remedies. For three years I was so badly arHicted with that dreadful disease Eczema, on my leg:, that I was really unable to walk to my place of business withont the use of a crutch. I was attended during the past two years by three of the most eminent physicians of this city, who confessed that they could afford me only temporary relief. Four months ago, in my perplexity, I was induced by a friend to try your Cutictka Remedies, although 1 had but little faith in any of the socalled "patent medicines." I have used four boiesof Ctticuea, four bottles of Ci Tici R v Kesoivf.nt, and three cakes of CrTicTRA Soap, and oaa fully testify, and make affidavit if necessarv, that my leg is as sound to-day as it was any .lay of my life previous to the use of your remedies. No human being could feel more grateful toward you. and your more than excellent remedie. than I do; and you may well suppose, then, tna I hare abounding faith in your Ornt i ka Remedies, 'and that I desire to make known their merits a a curative to all who may be aClicted as 1 was. 1 am ever gratefully yours, J. II. MIN'XICH. K7 K St.. N. W., Washinjjtoa, D. V. Dec. 21. m. On the twenty-first day of December, is., appeared before me in person. J. If. Minuich, who is personally and favorably known to me. and who freely and voluntarily averred and made oath to the truth contained In the foregoing statement by him subscribed. In witness whert of. I hereunto set inj- hand and aftix my official seal, the day and year above first writteu. SAMt'EL C. MILI. J. P. and V. S. Commissioner, lust., oi Coluuioia. We. the undersigned, hereby jointly and severally certify that we are personally acquainted with Mr. J. II. Minnich. maker of the aforesaid aidavit. who has extensively and satisfactorily transacted business for us, and who has orr confidence and esteem as a man of integrity aud veracity. We therefore have no hesiteucy iu saving that we believe his statement to be strictly true in aU Its details. F. G. ALEXANDER. Cor. 11th and I Street, X. W., Washington, u. C. GEO. W. HEROLD. 824 9th Street. N., Washington. D. C. W. H. H. CLSSEl.. 1 .01 1 7th Street. Washington, D. C. C. WAGNEK, 1,123 7th Street, X. W . Washington. D. C. HENRY BEKUHXG, 1,131 7th Street. V W., Washington, V. C. A Childs Suffering From Eczema Ears and Scalp Covered With Scabs and Sores Cured by Cuticura Remedies. My little son, aged eight yean, has been afflicted with eczema of the scalp, and .at times a great portion of the body, ever since he was two years old. It began in his ears and extended to his walp. which became covered with scabs and sores, aud from which a sickly fluid poured out. causing intense itching and distress, aud leaving his hair matted and lifeless. Underneath these scabs the akin was rajr, lite a piece of beefsteak. Gradually the hair came out and whs destroyed, until but a sinall patch was left at the back of the head. My friends in I'eabody know how my little boy has 6iiftered. At night he would scratch his head until his pillow was covered with blood. I used to tie his hands behind him. and in many wars tried to prevent hU scratching, but it was no use: he would scratch. 1 took him to the hospital and to the best physicians in Peabody, without success. About this time some friends, who had been cured by the L'utm vp.a RfcMF-Dits. prevailed upon me to try them. I began to lue them on the lta of January last. Iu sevn rrumtlii-eTery particle of the disease was removed. 't a spot or scab remains on his scalp to teil the story of his suffering. His hair has returucd aud ts thick aud strong aud his scalp a sweet and cIoau as any child's iu the world. I ran not say enough to express my gratitulc lor tbU woaderi'ul cure ijr t'i ri i ra Kkmi:and v.'ih all similarly aftlicted to kuow that my statement is true, and without exaeraiiou. CHARLES M.-KAY. i'eabody, Mass. Oct. C. l-Kiö. I have sfcn Mr. Mr-Kay's boy when badly afected witti the Ktfina. lie was a pitiful ight to look at. I know that he has tried our ie-1 i.nyiCia'is. and did all a father could do for a sntl'ering child, but availed nothing. I know that the statemet; t he has made you as regards the curing of his ttoy hy your CcTic cB v Re.v tint, are true iu every pt ..cUa:. william J. McCarthy, 33 Foster sti t-et. I'eabody, Mas. RAW HANDS. A" Miss of Itching, Watery, Festerirg Flesh Cured by Cuticura Remedies. I feel constrainei to send yon my te.-tiimny iu relation to the healing properties of Cruet ft. In the snrinz of IsM 1 contracted, in some man ner unknown tome, an eruption on the ha'--: i my hands. I applied salt aud water anitlhr remedies usually used w hen poisoned by ivy as I supposed that that was the character of ll2 disease. My hands, however, continued to got wor-e until the fail, when I consulted medical advi.-c, and used many salves, etc, but all to tio pure; instead of getting better they rapidly gre v worse, being a mass of watering, festering, raw ileh, very offensive and unnoyln. Whenever a pnrt would heal up it would b subject to the ffl ii'. vi.'it itching. and immediately broak t again worse ' than before. Little ry r-pots then appeared on my 1 r jofnu, and festering, would spread over a la., , surface I was in this condition on January i, lVi, when I was compelled to leave home i a business trip to the stale of Maine. 1 arrived . "re on Saturday, January 2. aud my hanls wc.o a fearful condition.' offensive, not ouly to mrf, but to others around me. I did not know 1 iat to do In my distress, whea looking over the l.vnnebec Journal, I read the advt. about CiTi- ' ( ka. I at once procured a box and applied as ilirected. It at once drew a great quantity ot watery matter to the surface of my hand, and by Monday I could see a great improvement in tnemf, in the subsidence of the swelling and absenr-e of tne usual fever. in one week s time my band were almost well. I continued to use it as olU'a s I conld conveniently do so, and now my hand are entirely well, and have been so for the past two or three weeks. 1 regard it and recommend ills just the thlnjf for a skin disease, or an l-lc-tenia, uch u my physician Informed me I hal. JNO. I). VASTIER. Tier 37, S. Wharves, Philadelphia, i'a. Feb. 13, luü. Hi' iuatiso Eruptions. Agonizing, Itching and Burning Skin and Kcalp Tortures, Loathsome Sore, and every species of Itching;. Scaly, Pimply. Inherited. Scrofulous and Contagions Diseases of the Blood, fckin and Scalp, with Loss of II air. from infancy to old age, are positively cured hy the Ci'TiccBA Rem ed its Ccticcra Brsolvit, the new blood pnrifier, cleanses the blood and perspiration of impurities und poisououa elements, and thus removes the use. CrTfTRA. the great Piln Cnre. Instantly allari Itching and Inflammation, clears the Bkiu arid Scalp, heals L'lcen aud bores, and restores the Hair. Ci-TTrraA Poai, an exintslte Skin Peantifler and Toilet ReonUite, prepared from CiT.xrn. Is indispeufable in treating Skin iineaei, Bby liuiaors, bkla Blemishes. Chapped and Oily skia. fold everywhere. Price: CrrirrwA. 50c: Rboi.vr.vr. fi; boar, 25c. Prepared by the Poriaa 1ki An Chemical.. Bwtoi, Mam.

THE EXTREME PENALTY Execution of Robrt 0. Phillip3 Tharslay far

Tlie PrUonet'a Last Hour Tb. Perfect Work at the Scaffold HUtorj of the Murder Beta rn of the Death Warrant Note. IlnJiaaapoii-s Sentinel. The stir of the city Thursday moraing as the citizens caaae out upon the streets, might have been taken by a stranger as merely the eridence of an activity ia the business world. but the eiecution of Robert G. Phillip?, which was fixed for noon, at the jail yard, had not a little to do with the increased hum on the street. A number of meetings in the City had materially swelled the resident population, but the trains on all the roads brought strangers who came to witness, if jObSible, the execution of the extreme penalty of the law at the Marion County jail jard. l'hillips spent the last night about like all the balance of his time, except that he was visited by his sisters and brother, to whom he talked pleasantly. He retired to his cell at j o'clock, and slept soundly until 4 o'clock yesterday morulas, when lie . arose and chatted until his attendants, three of whom had beer on watch daring the nierht. As soon as the papers came to the Jatl he asked to see them, and was engaged for sometime in caretully reading them, paying particular attention to the accounts about himself. At T::0 o'clock Father Uessonies, his spiritul adviser, called to see him, and administered to him the holy communion. He did not remain very long, and as he left the mother of the doomed man entered and talked with him nearly an hour. She was almost prostrated with grief, aud wept and moaned piteously as she bid her son a last farewell. l'hillips also was unmanned, but upon the departure of his mother, he recovered his self-possession and was as quiet as before. At 10 o'clock Father Bessonies had returned and wan given nearly an hour with l'hillips in the jail office to prepare him for execution. He then came out, and John Kealirg and John J. Jones, prisoners, were called out to dress him in a neatly fitting suit of black. This took about ten minutes, but when the prisoners who had dressed hiru came out they were less calm and collected than their condemned acquaintance. Father Bessonies then entered the room again and remained with l'hillips unm ten minutes oeiore noon, wnen nueriu Carter announced that the time for execution had come. GOIXi TO THE SCAFFOLD. Father Bessonies locked arms with the prisoner and marched out repeating the ceremony of the Catholic Church for such occasions. He was followed by Sheriff" Carter, Bailiff John Carleton, Deputy Sheriff John Long, and finally the representatives of the press. Arrived at the scaffold the little processior mounted the wooden staircase at the right hand of the structure, the reporters stepping in front. The jail yard was kept scretned from outside observation by a high toard Ience, and the . curious multitude on the outside was kept away from this by the police. Besides those named there were present a number ol Sheriffs from several of the counties of the State; the Coroner and his deputy. Ir. Booker; Dr. Fields, jail physician, and Lr. Metcalt, and & number of other gentlemen. 'Have you anything to say?"' he asked, as he concluded the reading. l'hillips shoak his head, when the SheriS gave way to Father Bessonies, who knelt with the condemned man and made the last prayer with him. Ilising from his knees the good Father, with voice broken and tears in his eyes, shook hands with the prisoner, and with a "tiod bless you," stepped back. THE LAST ACT. Phillips' legs were tied with a rope at the knees, his bands were bound with a leather strap at his sides, and after the rope was put over his neck and the black cap placed on his head and drawn over his face, small cords making this secure, the ofticers tying it to the arms, then stepped back, and at 12:0' p. m. Sheriff Carter pulled the lever, the trap door fell and the body of the pris" oner fell a distance of a little over s:.x feet. The rope üad been arranged so as to make the drop about four feet four inches, and it was calculated that it would stretch a little over a foot. The accuracy of the work was attested by the fact that the neck of the prisoner was broken, the bones leing separated nearly if not quite an inch. The rope was buried in the Mesh of the neck and the knot had slipped from under the ear a couple of inches around on the back of the neck. When the trap fell the body spun, around for nearly a minute, the strain on the rope causing "it to untwist There were no contortions of the body or limbs, nothing but a tremor in the hands and feet being apparent. The Coroner and his assistants stepped forward and conn ted the pulsations. These were registered for each half minate as follows: 21, 21, 'M, 41, Z'J, 17, bb, 75, 77, W, 77, so, ys, ;o, m, t?., 52, :;. ts, ts, 37, S. .11, C2. 2s. At the nineteenth half minute the pulse became irregular, but recovered its regularity agan aud remained so until the twentysecoTidbalf minute, when it again became very irregular. On the twenty-seventh half mrtiute the pulsations were almost imperceptible, and on the next could no;, be counted, there being but a slight fluttering of the pulse. An examination of the htrt was then made and it was fluttering, but this ceased in a few minutes and Coroner Stratford pronounced the body dead. It was then held up by the physicians while Ienutv Sheriff Ixng cut the rote, and the legvl tragedy was ended. The body was carried into the otliee of the jail and placed in the cotiin ordered by th mother of the dead man. It was then carried to the hearse outside the Market street

entrance, and taken to the undertaking establishment of Bipley it Hedges, where it row lie?. The funeral services will take place to-morrow afternoon from St. John's Cathedral, and the remains will be buried in the Catholic Cemetery. Shcriir Carter performed his unpleasant duty in the most satisfactory manner. There was no jar. no unpleasant episodes, to make t tie work doubly unpleasant. The prisoner was expected by many to give way uuder the excitement and make a scene, but in thN they were mistaken. He remained firm and collected to the very last. The remark was made many times during the day by men who witnessed the tragedy that if there was anything in religious professions and teachings to assist one under such trying circumstance!". Father Bessonies had certainly presented it faithfull aud effectually to ltobert G. rhillips. HISTORY OF TIIK CRIME. Early in the morning of June 2t. 1-, a man passing through the alley between Meridian and Pennsylvania and Fourth and Fifth Streets, this city, discovered a man and woman lying upon the ground, the head of the former resting upon the breast of the latter, and each witn a terrible gash in the throat. The two were Robert Phillips and his young wife, to whom he had been Married but three months. They had left the house of the wife's mother in company that morning, and when found the woman was already dead and l'hillips was speechless from loss of blood. No one witnessed the terrible affair, but the evidence on every side the blood-bespattered fence, the torn deranged attire of the woman, and the footprints in the dry earth of the alley, showed that a terrible struggle had taken place before the deed was accomplished. Investigation prored that the deed was the result of insane jealousy on the part of the husband, and for which there appeared JldeiVtS yM9 M Wjr

one bore testimony to the faithfulness of his wife. He was of a morose, churlish disposition, and during the short period of their married life had proved so ill tempered that thus early his wife had thought of separat icg from him. The mother of ITiiUips. wife, Mrs. Smith, was notified of the death of her daughter. She immediately pronounced it the result of the husband's jealousy, which, however, she claimed to be groundless, saying that her daughter was a good woman and that Phillips bad do cause to believe that she was unfaithful to him. Further investigation developed the fact that Phillips and his wife had attended the celebration of the colored Odd Fellows at the Imposition grounds on the evening before, and as they left home bis mother-in-law overheard him ay: "You had better tell your mother good-bye, for this is the last night you will ever see her." Mrs. Smith pondered over the remark, and being fearful that harm would come to her daughter, armed herseJf with a revolver and followed the parties to the Exposition grounds. Here she saw them separate, the wife entering and the busband remaining on the outside for want of money to pay the entrance fee. Mrs Smith then returned to her home, but Phillips afterwards managed to gain access to tbe Exposition grounds, and it was a matter of remark among the colored people that he appeared more morose and distant than usual, and monopolized his wife's attention to the exclusion of every one else. He accompanied his wife home after the entertainment, and the mother saw that the two had been quarreling, Phillips beiug morose and reticent and remaining in the house but a few minutes, duriujr this time refusing to give any account of his ten days" absence from the city, from which he had that day returned. After he had gone away tt.e young woman told her mother that she had nor enjoyed herself at the celebration because her husband had watched her so closely and would not allow her to talk to anybody except himself. "I don't know what is to become of us," she said sorrowfully, "for Bob is so hard to get along with.' The family went to bed a few niinute later, and about 7 :"0 o'clock the next morning Phillips came back and awoke them, saying it was time for "Lou" (his wife) to go to work, as she had an engagement to do ironing at a house on Ohio street. She got up and dressed herself and left the house with him. This was the last that the mother saw of the young wife until she received notice of the sickening tragedy in which her daughter played such a terrible part. . Phillips was taken to the City Hospital, and the following letter was found ujoa his person : IxniAXAi-oi.LH, June 22, lv3. Mrs. Hannah I'hillivc No. 102 Howard street: My Dkar Mothek My troubles have overcome my mind and I can not live any longer. I have been Irving to outlive my troubles, but it is not werlh while, for they grow worse every dav. Mother, please write to C. A. Kunis. Itusseliville. Ind., for my clothing aud give them to John. This i tbe last report from IIokkkt (.. 1'hii.i.iivi. Phillips remained at the hospital several months, the wound in his neck proving troublesome, and tiiere being danger of his death from suffocation unless attended by the physicians. In order to enable the wound to heal over, an incision was made in the throat iust above the breast bone, and a silver tut inserted, through which he continued to breathe during his incarceration. He was at last brought to the jail, but the next evening he came near dying from sullocration, and it became necessary to send him back to the hospital. About half of his time since the murder ot his wife was passed at the hospital. When he was tried in January for the murder he was-very iuiet, but took a deep interest in the proceedings. The Court-house was crowded, and the trial lasted nearly a week. When the jury was instructed it retired for deliberation, but the jurors disagreed as to the punishment, two or three favoring a life sentence on the first ballot. When the verdict was announced l'hillips sat perfectly still and gave no evidence of any emotion. Since that time he has been very quiet, and beyond an occasional expression that tbe sentence was very severe, he never gave any evidence of feeling concerned aUout the matter. His- last hours were the most trying to him, as everything conspired to present to him his doom in its most horrible form, and when his sister called to see him, Tuesday, he wept nitterly. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Oatmeal. Cook oatmeal in a double boiler, or in a covered pail set in a kettle of water. Be sure to salt it. A Salamander. Bone of chicken, and rub it well all over with cayenne and pounded ginger; put a quarter of a pound of butter in a stew-pan, and lay the chicken in it; let it simmer in the butter until it is quite cooked: lay it on a dish, and pour the butter over it, with the juice of a lemon; serve very hot. Chocolate Cake. The cake par excellence now is a layer cake with chocolate and cocoanu mixed together and put between the layers. Prepare the chocolate after any of the well-known methods, and add the grated cocoanut to iL No one can think, who has hot tasted it, what a delectable morsel it is. Neat and P.usk Fuddings. Chop any kind ot cold meat with salt pork or ham. season it well with butter, pepper and salt, and add two or three beaten eggs. Then make alternate layers of wet rusk crumbs, with milk or cold boiled hominy or rice, and bake half or three-quarters of an hour. Let the upper layer be crumbs, and cover with a plate while baking, and, when nearly done, take it off to brown the top. Chicken and Macaroni. Cut up a tender chicken in neat pieces and fry brown in fresh butter w ith and few strips of bacon, keeping the pan covered. Reason well with pepper and salt. Boil a handful of the small Italian macaroni for twenty minutes, drain through a colander, add a large piece of butter, a cupful of rich strong gravy, and, if liked, some grated Barmesan cheese. Arrange the chicken on a very hot dish around the cenaral pile of macaroni, which must be thoroughly moist and rich with gravy and butter. I.traon Fudding in New Style. Cream up one tcnspoonful of fresh butter with one teacupful of sugar. Two eggs must be beaten up very light, and two lemons provided for seasoning. Dissolve a tablespoonful of cornstarch in a little cold milk, then pour over it a teacupful of boiling water. Add to this butter, sugar and eggs. Bub the lemons until soft, grate the rind into the batter, and aNo strain into it the juice. Bake in pull pa.te. This quantity makes two puddings, and it is an excellent desert. Custard Fritter?. Put in a plain butter mould and steam In the usual way a custaid made by putting in a bowl twelve egg yolks and thi-ee whole egjrs, two ounces of corn starch and twelve ounces of sugar; mix well, dilute with a quart of hot miik and a tablesjoonful of orange-Hower water; puton the lire, stir steadily until the preparation begins to thicken (otherwise the starch would settle in the bottom); pass through a strainer; rut in the mould and cook in bciling water that comes only to half the height of the mould; when done let it cool and divide into square, flat pieces of about three inches each; dip them one by one in a light flour batter, and fry of a nice coior in plenty of clear, very hot fat; drain on a cloth, sprinkle powdered sugar over and serve on a folded napkin. The Spring; Months Are undoubtedly the best in which to purify the blood and strengthen the system, because at this time the body is most susceptible to the beneficial effects of a reliable medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla. The feeling of debility, languor, and lassitude, caused by tbe changing season, is entirely overcome and scrofula and all humors are expelled from the blood by the powerful reviving and purifying influence of Hood's Sarsaparilla. lo dot delay take Hood's Sarsaparilla now. . It is made by C. I. Hood fe Co.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. Sold bj all druggists. One hundred doses $1. In place or that comtantly tired-out feeHtij?. Avers barsapartlla wlU give you strength, ad

LETTER FROM CHINA.

Another Letter from Oar Hoosiar Frieal ia CMsi. Tnku TieuMIn Hoopitalitiew of the Foreign I'opulation Shark Fin and Itaat. boo fchoot f er dtnaer-Tungriowtetc. PMI30, February 10, 1SG. TIe town of Taiu, lying at the mouth of tbe Feibo river, r worthy of more notice than J gaye it in m7 last letter. It wa about eixty-neven miles from Tientsin. The land is a dead flat level. In 1679 a line of telegraph was constructed Jrom Taku to Tientsin, waJ continued tc-Tunchow in 1S3, and completed to Fekias in August, 1891. In May, P4.'i, the British- squadron, undw Sir Michael Seymour, attacked and passed the forK and Lord Elgin, on the 26th of June 18J3, made the famous treaty at Tientsin, In June, l'-J, another attack was made, which was unsticcessful. Ci the 21st of August, 1R, the British captured the fort3 and took Tientsin. Whence thr marched to Peking. The river generally freezes about the !th of December, and opeas about the second week in Majch. At Tientsin we took rooms at the Astor House. We arrived there .Saturday night and left Monday morning. The Minister was anxious to get to bis post. Gen. iStahel had left the Consulate and goue home. We saw him at San Francisco, (ien. Sruithers was Charge d' Affaires ad'inSerini at Peking. He had been ordered to Shanghai to act as Consul General, and was only awaiting our arrival to start. Tientsin is situated at the junction &f the Grand Canal with the 1 eiho Biver. The foreigners have a concession here which is well built and contains some very nice dwellings. The chief business is dose in the native city. The streets are very narrow, the houses-very low. The population is estimated at '.riO.fX. Here the t rench Sisters of Charity and-other foreigners were massacred the ülst of June. lfiTO. Here the Vice Boy Li Hung-Chang lives. He is a man of great influence and power, and is said to be progressive- ip.i hfaideas. Being the seaport of Peking, importations are large. In is,s; 21 KT, 201 picnls vjf tea were exported. A picul is one hundred and' thirty-three aid a third pounds. The foreign population, as every where in the Bast, is very hospitable. The Minister's family was united to dine at the house of Mr. Sei th, manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corjorations. The ladies accepted, but he had a prior engagement to dine with the Taotai. This olial ranks next U the Vice- Koy who was at Tekitg. The occasion wasa dinner to the new Minister to the United States. There tie representatives of the two nationalities mt the one going to the United States, the other to Peking. ALL THE. CONSULS WERE TRESEST, The dinner was thoroughly Chinese; There were shark tins, bamboo shoots, birds' nests, every species of dried fruit, confectionery, with Chinese wines in little cups, and French winesin ordinary glasses. There were chop sticks and knives and forks, you. took your choice. The company was composed of many leading Chine?e ofljcials and soldiers and sailors. The minister was the guest of the evening. His health was proposed and he responded in a friendly speech, which was translated by the interpreter; The Chinese do everything differently from us. The seat of honor is to the left and not to the right of the host. We rode over Tientsin in jin-siki-shas. They have been introduced into several Chinese cities, but have not reached Peking. The Peking cart, whic h I shall by and by describe, is the only passenger vehicle at Peking, except the sedan chair of official Tientsin is eighty milesfrom Peking, but the winding river makes the distance one hundred and twenty to Tungchow, which is sixteen miles from PekiDg. The last Morlay in September we erabarked on house boats for Tur.gchow. The ordinary house boat, used generally for travel, is nothing but a. flat boat with a rough cabin on it. There are- no conveniences. The traveller takes his bed, bedding, and food with him. A large house boat owned by Jardine, Matheson and company had been procured for us, which, with a house boat for the boys, accomodated our party. There were sofas which v:cre made into beds at night, a kitchen, and dining room. Provisions were procured by the host of the Astor. The boat was towed by cix men. There was a sail, but it was rarely used. This mode of travelling is delightful. The traveller can get on shore at any time. He can, by cutting across bends, walk miles ahead of the boats. We habitually waited rom breakfast until tiffin, and were sometimes four or five miles ahead of the boat. Up the Peiho the bulk of- the tribute rice is brought. There are literally thousands of boats engaged in- this and other business. China pays many of her officials in rice. Immense quantities are brought to Peking for this purpose, and for distribution to the poor. A large part of the taxes is paid in rice." Peiho is nearlv flush with the banks every where. The country is very Hat; you pass many villages. Nothing can be more different than the aspect of the country from that of Indiana. There are no fences or barns. The houses are one-story mud huts. There is no stock. This immense population gleans the fields until not a blade of grass is left. The country is as bare as the palm of your hand. But the people seem to be contented, and live at least comfortably. FOP. THE BENEFIT 0 TOURIST who may see this letter let me give them a little advice. The proper thing to do, if you are going to Peking, is to engage one pony for each person at Tientsin, and one for the mafu, who takes care of the ponie3. Then you want carts enough to haul your baggage, beds, and provisions. You will find nothing to eat at the Chinese inns, though you can sleep in them. You ride your ponies to Peking in two days and keep them there to ride around the city, and on your excursions. You can of cöure ride in the carts when you tire of the ponies. You must engage a boy at Tientsin to accompany you. Th boy is indispensible. He is a well-rec-oguized institution in the Bast. Every gentleman has a boy. I can not say that all this is Inexpensive. Traveling is very expensive. The ponies will cost you nwiety cents a day, but the boy, and the mafu, and the carts, and incidental.1 make a big sum in the end. We were three days and a part of another coming to Tungchow. It reminded US of the time when we used to go from Evansville to Petersburg on the old Wabash and Erie Canal, which in its decay and ruin has done one good at least, it has been the cause of many a handsome fee to lawyers. I would come to Peking by land on ponies, and return by boat. The trip down stream is made more rapidly. One other hint, I would pass by Japan, see China first, and see Japan returning. During eight months at Peking, from the last of August to the first of May, no rain falls. In June, July and August the rains are heavy. During December, January, and February you can not get to Tientsin, except, of course, over land, 750 miles from Shanghai. Everything is frozen up. The mails sre carried by pony. It takes about fifteen days for a letter to come to Peking from Shanghai. For three weeks at the beginning of the pony svsteni we had no mail at all. The tourist should reach Peking only in September or October. Ten days here will do all that he wants to do. in making a trip to tbe Great Wall of China, and to the Ming Tombs. We arrived at Tungchow the tnir tietn of September. 1885. and on the same day, by sedan chairs and ponies we reached I'ekicg and were at nome. Eclectic College Officers. The two eclectic medical colleges of this city completed their consolidation yesterday and elected the following Sotui of, Xratee,

officer and faculty: H. H. McCabe, President; G. W. lickerill, Vice President; W. f. Adkinson, Secretary: W. F. Carryer, Treasurer; Z. Abbett, II. Long. 8. fi. Boats, J. It. Duncan. J. F. Hobson. J. 7,. Marsh, W. Z. Younp, Taculty; Emesitus Professor of Obs'etiics and Dean, Z. Abbett, M. D ; Erne sit us Professor of rbvsiology and Secretary; G. W. P.Vkerill, MLX; Pathology and Tractice. W. 11 Curryer, M. D. ; Surgery, H. Lor?, M. D.; filaterica Medica, S. 8. Boats, M. 1.; Chemist: and Diseases of the Nervous System, H. H: McCabe, M. D. ; Anatomy, II. Taylor, M. D ; Physiology, J. Z. Marsh, M. D. ; Obstetrics, W. Z Yourrg. M. B.; Diseases of Women and Children. J. It- Duncan, M. D . Medical Jurisprudence, W. V. Adkinson, Esq. ; Demonstrator, J. D. Roberts, M . D. AN OLD PRISONER; The Hequei to a Story Published a rw-Ifcjr Ago-No llome Bnt the Penitentiary.(Xew Albany Iedger. A few days ago the story otold maa Hicks applying to the officers of the State Prison South for quarters was published in the papers around the Falls.' The following from' the Paoli News furnishes a sequel tovthestory: One of the strangest cases of a confirmed criminal came into the Court-house yesterday that it has ever been our misfortune to aee. One John Hicks, aged eighty years, borri1 at Montgomery Court-house, Montgomery Cownty, Virginia ; a tall, straight-built, silver-headed old man, erect in bearing,1 stepped nimbly forward and took his seat on the east side of the Judge's stand. The Coitrt-house was soon filled with eager spectators, all anxious to see and hear what so good looking an old man could say for himself on as grave a charge as has been returned against bim by the Grand Jury, viz., grand larceny. He arose and to the Judge made the followias confession: I lived near Montgomery Court-house, Va., where I was born, tor about eleven years, working on a farm. I then came with my brother to Centerville, Wayne County, Indiana, and there learned the blacki-mith trade witn a man named Neel ; stayed in Centerville about nine years; went from Centerville to Hamilton, O, and there drove a stage for John and Teter Voris; came fron Ohio to Salem, Washington Countv. Indiana, and drove a stage for Messrs. Beard & Scott; drove from Salem to Livonia. I got tirett of driving stage, quit and went to Orleans, Ind., and was returning to Livonia, and stopped to get dinner at a farmer's house named Brown. While waiting for my dinner to be prepared I was sitting in a room alone near a bureau, and the top drawer was open some seven or eight inches. I looked' in and saw a locketbook and got out of it $100. Was tried and sent to the prison at Jeffersonville, Ind.. for three years. When I got out ot the penitentiary I went to Washington, Daviess County, Indiana, and engaged in blacksmithing. There I stole $C0O; can not remember the man's name of whom I got tbe money ; think it was Thomas for which I was tried and was sent up for seven years. I served about six years of my sentence and was pardoned by Governor Jo. Wright. When I got oat I went to Bedford, Ind. There I worked at my trade until I was arrested for an assault and battery with intent to commit a rape. This crime I was not gcilty of. During the pendency of thischarge Major Thornton, who was my counsel in the case had me sent to Paoli for safe-keeping, and I took a change of venue. 1 was tried on the charge, found guilty and wen up for ten years. . The charge was false, and through the agency of pld Judge Thornton after about ßve years I was pardoned by Governor Willard. I went from Jeffersonville that time to Indianapolis. There I committed a burglary for which I was tried and went up for three years. At the end of that terra I went to Brookville, Ind., committed another burglary and was sent up for fouryears; served the four years. At one time, I do not now remember when it was, I committed a burgary in Crawfordsville, Ind., and was sent to the penitentiary at Michigan City for four years, and at another time I was- sent from Louisville, 111., totlie penitentiary at Joliet, III. , for two years, for an assault and battery with intent to commit a rape. I was at one time in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, where I committed a burglary ami was tried and sent to the prison at Columbus, O., for two years. When I got out I went directly to Jeffersonville, Ind., and called on the Superintendent and Captain Craig aud asked them to admit me to

the pnsou, asking them to take care of me, because 1 was old and helpless ami could not work, and that I would not beg; and that I wanted to live an honest life, and believed that if they would take me and take care of me, I thought. I could do it. They talked to me kindly, told me they could not do it. 1 told them good-bve, aud said to them, the next time I come you will take care of me, and I think they will. During my term in prison I worked at my trade; part of tbe time was superintendent on the iron work on the new prison at Jeffer sonville. I have always been treated well, fed well, and never lost any time, and was never punlsueu. i nai as mucb privilege as any man, have been six and seven miles from prison alone. I have no relatives, no friends and no money; would rather be in prison than any where else. I will not beg, and like tbe prison better than tjie poor house, and want to spend the remainder of my days in the Penitentiary at Jeffersonville. Yes, Judge, send me up for just such time as you like. No, I do not know how long I will live, and can not say that five years will be loDg enough. Thereupon the Judge sentenced him for five years, and the old man's face wore a smile of content as if the fondest wish of all his life had just been gratified. It wiii thus be seen that by his own showing Hicks has served thirty-eight years, about half his long life, within prison walls, to say nothing about the time 8jent in jails and station-houses, awaiting trial. What a chapter of life! Hicks was brought down ths morning by the Sheriff of Orange County, and taken to the prison at Jefiersonyille. Whitewash. Now that the whitewashing season will soon be here, we publish the folfowing receipt for making the 'wash,'' which is recommended as being excellent. Take one bushel unslacked lime, ten pounds Spanish whiting, one-half gallon linseed oil, one pint spirits turpentine; slack the lime in clean hot water, and while slacking put in the whiting, oil and turpentine. Stir them together and don't use it for two hours. Then thin it with sweet milk and you have an excellent whitewash' ready for use. The judicicou application of whitewash is a measure of economy in the piotection of property, besides adding materially in appearance to the premises where it is used. To Boil Cabbage. If there are many outside leaves do not throw them all away, try and see if they are tender by breaking the stalk. If it snaps short they are fit to ccok. Vell wash them in two or three waters, then drain them perfec tly dry. Have a saucepan of water boiling fast into which throw JLgOod handful of salt and a piece of common soda the size of a small marble. But in all your outside leaves tirst, let them boil quicily for ten minutes, then put in the hearts, splitting the stumps in two. Home people psefer taking them out altogether. Be sure and do not let the water go off the boil the whole time or your cabbage will eat hard and leathery besides losin their clor, which spoils both the eating and appearance. "I Feel So Well." "I want to thank you for telling me of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," writes a lady to her friend. "For a long time I was unht to attend to the work of my household. I kept about, bnt I felt thoroughly miserable. I had terrible backaches, and. bearingdown sensations across me and was quite weak and discouraged. I sent and got some of tbe medicine after receiving your 'letter, and it has cured me. I LardlykqQw myself. IleelwweiL"

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oaraen rt- it Fruit, MuerU and O'nier DMcrrVtioos. 8'St. Fe, N. M'?i , April ?. The wind pal portion of the l?tter will br devoted to a ) description of one of the valleys of thr V.io Grande. From El Passo, Tex:, up to Rio Grande Del Norte, for sixty-five or seventy miles, ij situate one of the garden spot? of the eartii. This valley is from six to stven miies wide,-and in soil and climate is ail that any en? could wish'. The eievatiou above sea level is soinethiae over 3.0- feci, ensuring a tnre and heafthv atmosphere. Tbe Eio Grazde winds through the valley with a fall of fosr or five feet to the mile, which furnishy an abundance of water for irrigation. Tie occasional overflows brin from the,upper valleys and mountain a deposit that add- to its fertilitv. Wheat, barley and corn sA grow luxuriantly. The wheat is heavy berried and ofteu weighs sixty-five pounds md upward to the bushel. It is eown from November to February, and harvested from June to July. Corn is planted in May and June, and sometimes in July, after the wheat has been harvested, beans, meitoss, sweet-potatoes, sorghum, broomcorn, pea-nuts, onions and almost all kinds of vegetables may be raised in abundance. It may be said that New Mexico can outrival the world in tbe production of orrion. The large silver onions often weighing iioni three to four pounds, and I haverbeeu told by those who use them that they are very sweet. I suppose an onion Inwr may understand how this may be. Thete can be no mistake, however, 'as to tlieir f-ize s-nd fine appearance. But the greatest aud best production of this valley is fruits. It is sife to sav that, in variety aad quality, no spot in the United States can surpass, if it can equal it. Apples, pears, peaches, almonds, figs and grapes all grow in absndacce, re:ta enormous proportions, ar.d are rich and luscious. The M silla Yallev, or Mission grapes, are extensively and favorably known. Lirge quantities were shipped East last last year, some goitg to Chicago. Many are manufacture i into wine, and a superior article is produced. It can be bov.'ght as low as twenty-five cents lr gallon at the place of manufacture. Fruit is seldom injured by frosts. The mercury seidom reaches zero; ice over a half-inch tblrk is almost unknown, and snow is a curiosity. There is iust about cold weather enough to kill the fiies. mosquitos and other annoying insects. Trasses, both wild and tame, grow luxuriantly. Where the range can be had live stock do well all the year without any other feed, and no shelter is needed. A grass called alfalfa, a species of clover, is much grown for stock, furnishing graiag and hay. It is well adapted to the soil and climate, producing from three to fcur crops in one year beavy growth. Ten acres of this land will produce more, if rightly cultivated, than fortv in some of the Northern aud Eastern States. The climate perraits outdoor labor almost the entire year. Good water can be had by sinking wells to the depth of twenty-five feet. This valley .i- bordered on each side by mountains and high table lands. The Atchison, Topeka and .Santa Fe Ilailroad passes down the valley to El Paso. I.a3 Cruses is the county-seat of Dona Ana County, ia which the valley is situate. This town contains about 2,000- inhabitants, is .K) miles south of this city, and forty miles north of El Paso. It may here be remarked that the indications are that Kl Faso is going to be the ItadiDg city of this Southwestern country. Its location, railroad facilities and other advantages seem bound toT make it so. It is the gateway between old Mexico and the I'nited States. It now has direct rail caiumunication with San Francisco, New Orleans, Galveston. St. Louis and the City of Mexico, and indirectly with all other portions of the country, and it is now reaching out into the undeveloped, portions of the surrounding country. Its position and advantages will give it the trade of Western Texas, Southern New Mexico ami Arizona, and the northern portion of eld Mexico. It now possesses a population of L.WX and is rapidly increasing. The climate in winter is admirable, and while for a short time in summer it may be quite warm, yet the surrounding mountains afford near and pleasant retreats, although it is no warmer there than in Northern Texas generally. This city will furnish a near aad profitable market for the products of the Messilla valley. A large portion of the southern and western iKrtions ot this Territory is constituted of vallies, if not so extensive and fine as the one described, yet susc eptible of a high state of cultivation. Surrounding these rallies are mountains filled with rich minerals, and in many places are being extensively developed. No place furnishes a more inviting prospect to those seeking new homes. With a small capital in money and a large one in industry, enterprise and stiCK-to-it-iveness, success mast be the reward of aay who desires to engage in tickling the soil until it ''blossoms like the rose." A discovery cl petroleum has lately been added to the other resources of the Territory. It seems that an old man some two years ago with more confidence than means, located a claim near a fonl-smelling spring about thirty-five miles southwest of here. During the past winter he interested some parties here and on sinking a two-inch pipe fifty-five feet a flow of oil and water was obtained that furnished two barrels ot oil per day. A rush to the locality at once set in and many claims taken up. Organization has been perfected and a deep test well is to be made at once. Experienced oil men say that the indications of an extensive deposit are good, and that the oil obtained is a fine lubricant. If it be true it will prove of great benefit to the country. Time alone can determine the correctness of these surmises. The cool atmosphere still lingers around us here. The air from the snow-covered mountains near bv chills the warm sunshine. ev Corporation?. Henry H. Porter, who purchased the Chicago and Great Southern Bailroad under a decree in the Federal Court some time ago, has associated with himself a number of gentlemen and the Indiana Railway Company has been formed to operate the railroad. The line begins at the intersection of the Chicago and Great Southern and the L., N. A. and C. at Fair Oaks, Jasper County, and extends to Yeddo, Fountain County, a distance of eighty miles. The capital stock is $5,000,000 and Henry A. Gardner, James W. Ferry, H. T. Carpenter, C. P. Coffin, H. H. Gray, Robert Spencer, E. D. McFarden constitute the Board of Directors. The Co-operative BakLag Powder Company, of Elkhart, has be&n organized tinder the laws of the State, with a capital stock of From among the many testimonials received we select the following, written by J. H. Carter, a resident of Fbelps County, Missouri, who savs: "i have u?ed Sherman's Prickly Ash Bitters to the best advantase, and can honestly testify that it hfiS done myself and family an immense gooct, and from my experience recommend it highly to all sufferers." PEHHYROYAL FILLS "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH.". The Original and Only Genuine." rtfe ul slwmj RUh!. wtrof wrtkle Inltatic, illipranhKM LADIES, Aik jour lracft I "t hlchetr EbbIuW' o tlsr.r um antmpt) to ci for rlieu!r Ittttr by rvtara aaU. NAME PAPER. C Mehtr Chemical d . . af l Mmr, Pa. MotS j rnrrtot vw-y wker. 4 Chi. CTPOSTOPPED FREE I I II L- W lm Panofii RaitortJ I " 1 I I I I v P J Dr. KLINE S GREAT I U ' U Vw NERVERE8TORER tNFALLIILB if taken directed. A f" fr-ii?' mtt. 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