Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1875 — Page 1

' PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, . CHAS. M. JOHNSON, UMh Mi yr.pH.t.r, J' ‘ RENSSELAER, - - ' INDIAMA. JOB PRINTING A Terms •rSatoriptto*. .. >i' , One Year .- » Oiw-htlfTie ?../ 7S One-Quarter Tear • :

THE NEWS.

Pomeboy, the Massachusetts boy mur derer, has retracted his former confession, and denies his guilt. With regard to death Of Katie Curran, he says he made a false confession that his mother and brother, who had been arrested for the murder and whom he knew to be innocent, might escape. The substance of John D. Lee’s confession concerning the Mountain Meadows massacre is that the deed was done under orders from the leaders of the Mormon Church; that he took the news of the massacre to Brigham Young, who deplored the transaction and said it would bring disaster on the Mormon people. Thirteen miners and four wagons were captured forty-five miles north of Fort Laramie, en route to the Black Hills, on the 16th, and paroled. On the 20th the Mississippi jetties had been run out 3,000 feet, and were progress ing at the rate of 200 feet daily. Four hundred men are employed. A petition has been filed in a Cincinnati court for the impeachment of MayerJohnson. Among the charges made against him is one that he endeavored to control the labors of the police contrary to the law when he was a candidate for reelection. Alexander and William Callie, o the firm which recently suspended, were arrested in London on the 21st, upon the charge of obtaining several million dollars under false pretenses. They were held to bail in the sum of $40,000 each. Maj. Fulton, of the American rifle team, won the American cup at Wimbledon on the 21st. Heavy rains and' inundations occurred at Leicester, Greenfield, Forest of Dean, Godmanchester and elsewhere in England on the 21st. Crops were destroyed over a large section of the country. According to a Madrid dispatch of the 21st over 4,000 Carlists had been captured since July 1. The Carlists deny that Gen. Dorregaray had been forced to take refuge in France.

Herr Sigi and Baron Lee, Ultramontane leaders, have been sentenced tu ‘ ten months’ imprisonment by a German dotirf for treasonable speeches and writings. The Connecticut lower house on the 21st voted —102 to 82 —to postpone the bill giving woman the right to vote in a Presidential election indefinitely. A Boston dispatch of the 21st says that Jesse Pomeroy, the boy murderer, had been surprised in a cunning and desperate attempt to cut his way out of Charles Street Jail. His arrangements were made for escape on the evening of that day. The Democratic campaign in Ohio was opened at Gallipolis on the 21st, Geo.* H Pendleton and Gov. Allen being the principal speakers. ? . The Nebraska Republican State Convention will meet at Kearney on the 15th of September. In the British House of Commons on the 22d a notable scene occurred. Mr. Disraeli had given notice that thqGpyernment had abandoned the Merchant-Snipping billfor the session, when Mr. Pliinsoll, the humanitarian, arose in his seat and with violent gestures and insulting speech declared that such a course would be the destruction ot thousands of human lives. Being called to order he repeated his remarks, and declared that certain members engaged in the shipping interests were villains. He was ordered from the House and retired shaking his fists at the Government benches. According to Washington dispatches of the 22d, at a Cabinet meeting held the day before the subject of Dist.-Atty. Fisher’s official conduct was under discussion, and the conclusion was reached that he be requested to resign after he had been allowed eufficient time to complete the business then pending in his office. The charges against the Interior Department were fully discussed, the President expressing his confidence in Secretary Delano’s capacity, integrity and faithfulness as an officer, and assuring the Cabinet that he would not allow the attacks on Delano to injure him the least in his opinion until the charges of his dishonesty should be fully proven.

At the Bankers’ Convention recently held at Saratoga, N. Y., resolutions were adopted—favoring immediate specie resumption ; calling for a repeal of the war tax on banks; urging the issue of coupon bonds in exchange.for registered bonds; demanding the abolishment of the twocent stamp tax-on checks and vouchers; favoring a permanent organization of national bankers; opposing the Usury law. The Maryland Democratic State Convention met at Baltimore on the 22d and nominated John Lee Carroll for Governor. The resolutions oppose a high protective tariff; protest against any increase of the circulating currency; demand that Congress shall provide for the speedy resumption of specie payments. The Democrats of the First Mississippi District have, by acclamation, renominated L. Q. C. Lamar for Congress. The confession of John D. Jtee, ofMountain Meadows massacre notoriety, not being satisfactory to the Prosecuting Attorney, he was, on the 21st, placed,bn trial under the old and three new indict,-! ments, A jury was impaneled next day, composed of eight Mormons and four Gentiles. The constitution adopted by the Pres-; byterian Council was published in London on the morning of the 23d. The name, given the new union is the “ Alliance of,, the Reformed Church Throughout the' World.” All churches are included which hold to the Presbyterian belief and creed. Sir Francis Bond Head, formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, died on the 23d,

THE JASPER REPUBLICAN.

VOLUME I.

goods at the Philadelphia, Centennial. Eight t of Eartth,-Denbigh and-Whittlesey, to glanfl; Were flooded o»fhas2Bd, agd 3)000 paStMge. ’ ■ • Judge Fisher. Attorney of the District of Columbia, resigned on the 23d. A tank in Close & Son’s paper mill, at lowa City, exploded on the evening of the 22d, and destroyed more than half df the mill, killing six men, four of whom were blown a distance of over 500 feet.' , The names of the killed are: Chiba, Gilmore, Smaler, Tienea, Bechtel and Binton At Beaver, Utah, on the 23d, Philip K. Smith, Mormon, testified in the Mountain Meadows massacre case. His story , was substantially the same as Lee’s suppressed and rejected confession. He implicates Lee, Dame, Higbee and other Mormons, and accuses them of 'taking an active part, with himself, in the perpetration of ffie outrages and murders. The crime was committed at the instigation of leading Mormons, and. Brigham Young cautioned them not to talk about it among themselves. The property of the slaughtered emigrants was appropriated, by the Mormons. Indians were associated with them in the maesacre*

Donaldson and Grim wood, the missing aeronauts, had not been heard TfOpi.iftp td the morning of the 24th, and no traces of them or of the balloon had been found in the Jake. Reports have been recently circulated that gold had been discovered near Decatur, 111. A special to the Chicago Journal of the 23d kays that gold has been found in paying quantities; • and one man ’ had refused $2,000 an acre forthis farm of eighty acres. Caillaux, Minister of Public Works, estimates the total damage done to property by the inundation in the South of France at $15,000,000. The Spanish Government has decided to contract a>loan of $7,000,000 toifcdaiß;.. nify the owners of emancipated jn Porto Rico. A London dispatch of . the 24th said Don Carlos had written a letter to King Alpltotjao, reproaching him fort allowing die civil war*l» be conducted, with such excessive rigor, and counseling moderation on the side of the on pain of reprisals by the Carlists. The., Carlist losses during the three weeks ending July 25 Were estimated at 4,000 men in killed, wounded and missing. A lock-out commenced in several cot-ton-mills in England, on the 24th. .. z , Several thousand sailors and workingmen attended a ifiCeting held at Birkenhead, England, on the 25th, to indorse Plimsoll’s course in ParH!ri‘nerft.‘‘ Resolu-* lions expressyigsympatbywitli ing support to him adopted- t - The report of the DcMJjljneqinpf Agriculture for JjiJy f shows ffie condition or spijfigafifl winter Wbeat together aft about 82 per .cent, of an average, Winter Whbat, including California,. average ajid ‘ spring wheat »3d .Spring wheat States 4m the Northeast and Northwest are general-; ty |n higher Of the winter, wheat area the South A’fiyijo States are generally above the average, but in the Middle condition is. very low, New York ranging down to 45. West of the Alleghenies the. Prospect is better, the State averages being betwegqTJ in Ohio and 95 in lowa. rgports winter wheat at 76 and spring ’wheat at 75. ' J

The Postoffice Department has sent to the Department of Justice the names of thirty-nine mail contractors who are’to be prosecuted for failure to perform service after their bids were accepted. The contracts were relet and the difference between the amount paid and tfie bids, for the thirty-nine routes, was $417,087, which is the amount of damages claimed. It was announced by the New York Tribune of the 26th that Postmaster-Gen. Jewell had set the new route along the shores of the lakes for the fast mail to the West, expected to begin to run by the Ist of October. It will make- the distance from New York to Chicago in not more than twenty-six hours, and it is hoped to reduce the.time to twenty-four, a gain of twelve hours over the present mail and express train. . In Boston, recently, Hugh Donahue walked 1,100 miles in 1,100 consecutive hours. He was in good condition at the close. « ...y t Mary Frames, at Indianapolis, on the 23d, used kerosene oil to light a fire. She was fatally burned: - ; :

THE MARKETS.

' NEW YORK Liv* Stock.—Beef Cattle—sll.sool3.so. HowLive, $7.50©7.62*. Bheep-LiVe; s4?ftatf.62*. BKKADSTum.—Flour—Good to choice, $6,400 6.80; white wheat extra, $6.80©7.t>0. Wheat—No. 2 Chicago, $1.3401.35; No. 2 Northwestern, $1.3401.35; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1,390 I. Rye—Western and State, [email protected]. Barley—sl.2sol.Bo. Corn—Mixed Western, 870 90*c. Osta—Mixed Western, 62©63c. PBonsfoMß. -Pdrk—Mesa. $29.86021,00. —Prime Steam, 1314014 c. Cheese—s©llc. Wool.—Domestic Fleece, -50063 c. « CHICAGO.. Lira Stock.—Beeves—Choiee, $6.0006.25; good, $5.5005.75; medium, $4'.7506.25; ■ butch--ers’ stock, $3.5004.50; stock- cattle, $3.Q00; 4.00. Hogs—Live, $7.2507.65. Sheep-r Good chMcd,‘s4/<5©4.75. f!!. , Paovißtoss.—Bttter—Choice, 26®545c. Eggs— Fresh, 13*©14*c. Pork—Mess, $21.00021.10, Lard—sl3.9oolß.92*. BBXAD6Tbn«.-Mnotir—White Winter $5.7507.50; spring extra, $5.12*05.75. Wheat -Spring, No. 2, $1.26*01.27/ ’ Coin-No. 2, h 076*c. Oats—No. 2,51*0520. •Rye—sl,o2olo3. Barley—No.2, $1.1701.20. Lumbm.-First Clear, $45.00046.00; Second dear, Common Boards, SIO,OOO 11. Fencing, $10.00011.00; “A” Shingles, $2.5002.80; Lath, $1.750100. CINCINNATI. • ’ ( ‘ BBXADerum.—Flour—s6.ooo6.ls. Wheat—Red, $1.4001.43. Corn-72©74c. Rye—sl.lsol.2o. Oats—6Bff«lc: Pbovibiohs.—Port—sl9.7s©2o.oQ. Lord—l2l4 OWM«.

OUR AIM;. TO FEAR GOD, TELL THE TRUTH AND MAKE MONEY.'

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, IOTS.

ST. LOUIS. YRvb PfUMLw-Il— »Oiln choice, SMOO 6.40. Hogs-Live, $6.7007.40. i Bmaimbiuii*. —Flour—XX Fall, $4.7505.25. Wheat-No. 2 Red Fall. $1.34*01.35. Corn—go- °~ 21 Ky6 ~ N FAnaK#.-Pork-»ae,5M.f18K020.75 Lard XX, $4.5d©4 75. ‘ No Whe*t--8 pring. 1, $1.12801.28*; No. t, $1.26* 01.27. Corn—No. 2, Oats-No. X 49* ©soc. Rye—NO? 1, 94*095c. Bailey—No. 2. BuADerum.—Wheat Extra, $1.4201.42*. Corn-No. 1,76077 c. Oate—Ne. 1, 66fc56c. TOLEDO. BBBABrtCTra.—Wheat-Amber Mloh., $1.36* (SIX 6 No. 2 Red. $1.35*01.36. CornHigh Mixed, 71071*c. Oats—No. 2, 54®54*c. CLEVELAND. „ Bmibwwh.-Wheat—No, ,1 Red, $1.35* 01.36; No- 2 Bed, $1.30*01.31. Corn-High Mixed, 77078 c. Gate—No. 1, 660610. BUFFALO. Lxvn Stock.—Beeves Live,' $7.5007-75. Sheep-Live, $4.5005.20. EAST LIBIIWY. Lira STOci*.—Beeves—Best, $6.7507.25; medium, $5.7506.00. Hogs— ’Yorkers, $7.40® 7.50; Philadelphia, $7.6007.75. Sheep-Best, $5.0005.30; medium, $4.5004.75.

Jenny and Her Master.

A gentleman who has never owned any other horses than those he raised himself , and who seems to appreciate their proud and tender natures, so swift to resent an injury yet so responsive-to kindness, tells some incidents about his little; bay mare, Jenny, a “high-strung,” nervnha creature, who, under rough treatment, would probably have turned out vicious, if not unmanageable. She is very quick in- ker resentments aijd will not bear a touch of the whip,'even from him, fond as pshe is of him. She has never been struck but three or four times in her life, and then did something to revenge herself; and -would even now, thpugh very old, overturn or run away with the person who should inflict such an outrage upon her. The only smart blow she ever received -was from a physician. Who borrowed her togo a- few miles, and, wishing to seem ‘ftitespirate hasted while passing the house to I arrival doctor, ‘gave her a cut, whereupon she' wbMed quick .as dighrtaing, Jke then-stood Sfifl SUmyedTiim. **Tt‘sßeme’d tcitoe no 'vreMusfieSs,” Msaid Jenny’s master, “ but She Was simply’indignant at a blow; she took it as a& inwdt?’ I ( , •; .On‘e csrious thing he tells about her is that she will never draw a haycart; neither will her colt, On no account will either of them mpye; no coaxing or ar guing will induce them, and, of course, blows are out of the question. The family are divided ip opinion as to the reason,, some .insisting that something about the feart frighteefe' the animals, while - the othefs'assert that; befngusedto a carriage, they fqel above it; for why should not pride as conseqfteuceof beibg frightened and run- : 'Of the wagOh penea depth that frtree wAstreqnfred to draw it but. She suffered, agonies from the fearful wound, and, by the time that had been careijdjy treated anfl was showing symptoms of healing, she seemed like one on the verge of brain fqyer. She could not sleep, and her great, piteous eyes were turned appealingly foi;' -help-. Just atthi? crjgis, when everybody spid that be killed to put her out of her save her from a lingering death, her master quietly laid her head over his shoulder and began to soothe her; and almost immediately the poor, wornout creature dropped asleep, and when she awoke was visibly calmed and refreshed. Thenceforward that man went out daily, and sat there in the stall by her side, and supported her heavy head on his shoulder to let her sleep, and so continued to do until the crisis was past and she began to recover.— Our Dumb Animals.

Eggs as a Diet.

Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in our daily diet? About one-third of the weight of an egg is solid nutriment. Tliis is more than can 'bfe said of meat. There are no bones or tough pieces that have to he Ijtid aside. A good egg is made up of 10 parts shell, 59 parts white and 30 parts yelk. The white of &n egg contains 86 per c6nt. water, the yelk of an egg 52 per cent The average of an egg is about two ounces. Practically the egg is animal food, and yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher necessary to obtain it. The vegetarians of England use eggs freely, and many of these men are eighty and ninety years old, and have been, remarkably free from illness. Eggs are best when cooked four minutes. This takes away the animal taste that js offensive to some, but does npt so harden the white or yelk as to make 4hem harit: to, digest. An egg if cooked very hard is difficult of digestion, except by those with stout stomachs; such eggs should be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An egg spread on' ‘toast is food fit for a king, if kings fie-, serve any bctfcr food than anybody else, which'is aoubtftil. "Tried-eggs are less wholesome than boiled ones. An egg tirdppfed into hot water is not only a clean and Ihttffisome but' a delicious morsel. spoil the t taste of their'eggs by adding pepper and salt. ‘ Alhfie svtyqt. butter is the best dressing. Eggs, iquch, phosphorus,,which is to beusdTm'ro thbse Who-use ffieir braiins —Nine have few’ pointed by the deneral Conference of the Methodist (not Episcopal) Church' to meet nine commissioners appointed last year by the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church to devise a basis of union. A meeting of the joint commissioners will probably be held during the presept summer,

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Ithaca pointe'to those brawny boys and says: “Thesebe my jewels—CotatiHans. Tig survey of the Black Hills will nbfbh completed biffore September or Oc- - - A New York doctor says that the practice of wearing garters is killinghundreds of women. <>7 - Excessive airs, like excessive dress, show a person to be not only a fop Without but ohe within. He that does a base thing in zeal tor his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together. The importation of breech-loading rifles and fixed ammunition into the Territory of Alaska is forbidden. White barege toijets are very popular this season. They are trimmed with plaitingg of thesqme of with fringe. Gilboy, California,, jbas brass, band with four wpmeu in it, and they sfiy there never was. so much seul thrown info a bugle-horn before. ' Ta the man in debt the race .of life is a sack-race; any attempt at striding "as an untrammeled man can wfil cast him into the dust of bankruptcy.

Says Herald of Health: “ The people need more sun.” There seems to be wisdom In the remark, but who’s going to hang another suri’in thd heavens! Nothing cheers a man so much aS"to sit on a cracker-box in the shade of a' grocery awning and read ah item about the terrible scarcity of harvest hands.' ' The Kentucky paper Which crowded out a sermon and three fUneral. hbtices to make room for a report of a horse-rabeiproposes to stand by the interests of its subscribers. A contemporary wonders ' whether Cain and Abel eVer had the mumps or the whooping-cough. Very probably. It’s certain, at all events, that their mother had Adam.— New York Commemal Adwrtiser. “ Does giant farming pay?” asks the Chicago Tribune. If die Tribune really wants information, it ought to go and talk to the giants themselves. The agricultural papers can’t know everything.—Wcw York Mail.-. r jr .if j !>THbw» bravely a man can walk the ear til, bear the heaviest. burdens, perform the sqvei-est dptiea and look all men boldly m tile face, if he, only bears in his breast a clear conscience, void of offense toward God and.man! . He wrote, and told her he would, be around at eight o’clock in the evening, concluding his note with the following couplet: With breath as sweet 'as fOSes Thdh.’li breathe upon me, tove. And she coldly answered;.. “ You’d better not come. We had onions in the soup today.” . . , ~ Slip a Brooklyn girl to, her lover: “ I wish it understood that when we are married you will make it a rule to give me all th%, money I ask for, and never' fnqtifre whdt'Fdo with it!” “ But does thdt show ra,proper confidence in me?”' How can’you so wound the -feelings of the man Who loves you?'’ “Ahl my dear;” was the quiet reply, “my motto is: ‘ Principles, not menP ” / - A writer describing the bravery of the women of China says: “During a fierce conflict with pirates in the Chinese Sea there was a pile’s wife in one of the boais, holding so fast by the helm that she could scarcely be taken away. Having two cutlasses, she defended herself and wounded some soldiers, but on being Wounded by a matchlock ball she fell back into the vessel and was taken prisoner.” A “tramp” writes to the Providence (R. I.) Journal of his profession as composed “of men who go from place to place through the country, gathering and disseminating, of course, a great amount of useful information, relying mainly upon the public hospitality for their temporary maintenance, never wearing out their welcome by a long sojourn in one place, never interfering in politics, carefully and conscientiously abstaining from all agitation of the labor question in any of its phases.” Senora Manuela Higuera, wife of Don Higuera, of Alameda County, Cal., has just lost a suit at law which presented some peculiar features. While yet a senorita she had been engaged to Don Jose Reyes Bemol, a wealthy ranchero living near. Having been deserted by Don Jose the senorita brought suit for breach of promise, but, being unwilling to bide the law’s delay, she married Don Higuera before the suit was tried. The defense argued that her marriage was sufficient evidence of thp trivial damage done to her affections, and, as the Court held the same views, t£e fair Manuela lost her case and her revenge together. The following authentic incident is given as illustrating the hardships of the English law of marriage: An officer in India was. married about ten years ago Hnder circumstances. The Woman, being disappointed in her desire to obtain another man, took this officerout of pique, but as soon as the marriage service was over told him why she had married him and refused to go home with him. From that day to the present she has nob- given her rhusband one. hour’s companionship, .and yet he has found himself .unable to extricate Mmsejf Jegally from a b^nd,which.,makes him.tlie victim of a woman’s, pique against another -^aan - The New York Herald bf date says: Postmaster James received. in yesterday morning’s mail from ‘Mbxmt Vernon, Ohio, a letter addressed to “National Bank, New York City,” the word “Third” stricken out before “National.” It contained valuable drafts, sent by the Knox County National Bank, of Motmt Vernon,.

Ohio. Mr. Anthony Yeomansj \ the General Superintendent ofthePostofflce, took the letter to. the National Bank of Commerce td.ledrrifr&ip them what bank was likely to receive remittance from the Buckeye bknk jttri named, when John King, tlte alteiStatft-cashier of the National Bank of Commerce, stated that the letter was intended for him, and opening the same showed the indorsement of the drafts to his name. The envelope was sent back by Mr. James to demonstrate to the careless correspondent at Mount Vernon how the postal service -is abused -without any fault Of the officials. This is only one case out of many where letters are misdirected, and the United States mail service is blamed for depiction.

The Recent Floods in France.

- The Paris correspondent of the London writing of the recent floods in France, says; “It f« not in places like Toulouse that the sense tot desolation caused by the plague of water can be realized; the evil does net stare you in the face, and even the fetid smells that make it impossible to walk through the ravaged quarters without , putting up one’s hapdr kerchief to one’s nose does not disturb the loungers in the Allees Lafayette or the cozy dinner-parties at Tivoliers. But in the country,, where ruined villages are set in a frame tof ravaged fields, the magnitude of the disaster impresses one with a feeling of awe. One can realize the position of the wretched inhabitants of such places as Pinsaguel, or Verdun, or Fenouillet, when the water raced madly over the plain, to the height of from ten to twelve feet, tearing up strong trees by the roots and bearing down, with resistless power, every obstacle in its path; surprised in their beds, and spending hour after hour perched on the roofs of their houses, seeing building after building all around them giving way, 'until their turn came and,, with a fearful crash, they were whirled away amid the floating wreck and human bodies, or were crushed beneath the ruins of their dwelling. What must have been terrible in these small, isolated villages was the agony of suspense, the conviction that no taflp of any kind vhuVat hahd/ aiid that the only chance was stkndiiig ' until the water subsided: Itmtfst hav^-been worse thaas death itself to many a man who stood sur-i rounded by his wife ! and hie children sdrtaiAing in agoni&<of<.f(»r asttte roar of water grew louder mid tire YjferotiMta of the house beneath their feet grew more, alarmingly frequent. ’ Irf» one- pf4hd fe?w houses thAtremaln standing in the village of Roques, & man,<iHS Mfe ahd child were found dead in a room; the roof s had fallen partly in and the staircase had been destroyed; they could not escape in any way, and . they seem to have been suffocated as . the wates forced ita way tnp .inch- by inch- At Agen the owner, of a establishment, nawd bis.wife and .children,, were mfraonljWisly preserved, j'pjg hojise is. a sUong, substantial building,. ft been further from the river, or even oply one story higher,, would nave proved safe: As'it was the Xgter surrounded it entirely, and rose upto the roof, on which the inmates had taken refuge, and they must,' after hours of .agonizing suspense, have been swept away, as no boatman dared venture near the spot, but for the courage of a rival bathing master, assisted by Lieut. Peyrol, of the infantry. They remained on the roof not less than ten hours! But what scenes must have taken place in the villages frorh whence houses and inhabitants have disappeared, and of which nothing is left to show that these heaps of rubbish were once houses but stray-bits of furniture or bedding protruding from the debris, and now and then the carcasses of a few cattle partly imbedded in the ruins of their sheds. “ As to the foss oflife, I believe I have already told ybu that in my opinion it has been grossly exaggerated when it has been set down at 3,000. Indeed, I believe I can now account for the way in which this figure got into print. It professed to come from an Official source, and I presume that it was meant as an approximate statement of the number of houses destroyed, not the number of lives. How many really perished cannot be known until a formal roll-call is gone through. This is not so difficult an operation as it seems, as every man, woman and child in France have their stat civil, and owing to the French system of rural taxation, called prestation en nature, their domicile is pretty generally known.”

—The theory, so commonly accepted, in regard to the influence of forests on climate—especially that they encourage rain —has lately been the subject of considerable discussion among scientific men in Europe, the opinion being held by some that no such influence is exercised, and that it is more probable that rain is the cause of forests. Among the facts cited in this connection is the interesting one furnished by districts in India in which the forest vegetation is just in proportion to the fall of rain—being small and diminutive where there is but little rain, and abundant and gigantic where there is much—so that, though in temperate climates forests may produce an effect, they do not in the tropics. Several instances are also cited where there is much rain but a'|otal absence of forests, and, on the' other hand, of thrifty''forests where there is but little raip!‘ It ’fe'prpfiatffe, However, that the fact of forbsts not ’aiwtys'grbwiiiginlaainy districts arises from the Waters accumulating' End forming morassefc iti which forest trees would not grow; and indistricts where Bi ere ‘isHot 1 rain there ffiay be nfiidh moisture ‘ in» the •’ atmosphere. ! ’ mi; ■»- • Matcbxesb maid— The kitchen-girl out of lucifers.

NUMBER 46.

The Late Lady Jane Franklin.

Lady Jane Franklin, whose illness caused sincere regret among her many friends 4ri this country, died last evening, in the seventy-first year of her age. It had been reported that she had partly recovered her health, and correspondents re. marked that the hope of receiving fresh tidings of the ill-fated Arctic expedition in which her husband, Sir John Franklin, was concerned seemed to give her new life. Lady Franklin’s maiden name- was Griffin, and she was bom in Landon. She was married to Sir John Franklin in 1826. Sir John had served in the British navy under Lord Nelson, and had led two expeditions to the Arctic regions before this (his second) marriage. In 1834 he was appointed Governor of Van Dieman’s Land, and during the six years of his administration his wife aided .him in securing the favor of the colonists and natives. A dangerous kind of reptile infested Van Pieman’s*-Land at. this time, and Lady Franklin paid a sum of money for each One that was killed. Consequently the species was soon exterminated. In May, 1845, Sir John Franklin sailed from England for the Arctic seas, in command of the ships Erebus and Terror, hoping to discover the north west passage. The expedition was expected to return in 1847. In that year Lady Franklin, feeling great anxiety for her husband,' began her memorable series of efforts to ascertain his fate. She offered largs rewards to any persons who would-attempt to discover the missing party She made an appeal to the American people in 1849 for their co-op-eration in the search, to which ,the late Henry Grinnell responded. She did not give up her hope of rescuing Sir John Franklin and his party until years after the world felt assured of his death. Finally she sent out the steamer Tox, under the- command of Capt, McClintock, who returned in 1859, two years after his departure, having discovered in May of that year at Point Victory, on King William’s Island, ffie record of Franklin’s death and the bodies of the last survivors of his party. The record had ifteen left in a cairn, and the paper was dated April 25,1848. It., stated that Sir John, died June lWSi'fy >»d that the two ships were. abandtHtesJ wharf th» siwvivpre.los nwnber,. spy-tpti .for The Grsat .Fish , was afterward knighted. Fraklin nuw wotild bring Ugg fqrthß M bßshgild country in 1870, anrf visited tlje HallHn San Francisco, who rfad examined the’spot where the Franklin party came to grief. .While the latest Arctic expedi- ' tion was fitting out she gave it substantial encouragement. To the last she entertained hQpes of receiving a farewell message, whicn she firmly believed her hus- . band had written her. Of late years Lady had been living at Franklin House, jn Lincolnshire, and had collected 1 there a large number of' relics of her husband’s expeditions. Her last message to 'the American people, conveyed by telegraph about two weeks ago, was a' request that slis ahnuld be remembered?ifi ; their prayers at church on the following" Sunday .—.A'.K Evening Post.

A New View of Bunker Hill.

A month or two ago Col. Bangs engaged a young fellow named Scudder as sub-editor of the Morning .Argus. On the day before the anniversary of Bunker Hill Bangs asked Scudder if he was familiar with the history of that battle, and Scudder said he was. So Bangs told Scudder he would like him to write up a little sketch of it for the anniversary day, and Scudder said he would try. The next morning the sketch appeared in the Argus, and attracted a good deal of attention. When Bangs saw it he called Scudder in, and said: “Mr. Scudder, didn’t you tell me yoti thought you were familiar with the battle of Bunker Hill?” “Yes, sir." “ Well, if that is the case, I will be obliged to you if you will mention to me what you mean when you say: ‘“By four o’clock the Confederate troops were ready to make the attack. Gen. Washington had the catapults put in line to await their coming, and, when Napoleon saw them, he drew his sword, and exclaimed • “ Soldiers f twenty centuries look down upon you!”’ “ Now; Mr. Scudder, if you had possessed the most ordinary acquaintance with that conflict you would have been aware that Napoleon was not present, and' that the idea of George Washington fighting the Confederate army with catapults is calculated to excite the derision'of edu cated persons. And I wish to direct your attention, Mr. Scudder,-to another historical inaccuracy. At the bottom of the second column there you say: J,. “‘ No sooner were the battering rams leveled against the walls of the castle than the Duke of Wellington sent word to his mother by Gen. Butler that he would either win or be brought home upon his shield. Then, ordering his men to fire at the whites of the enemy’s eyes, he awaited the onset with that majestic calmness which ever distinguished the hero of Buena Vista.’ “ Now, I don’t want to hurt your feel,- ( rings, Mr. Scudder, but .really, for a journalist, you know, this kind of thing won’t do. You certainly must.realize that the .battleof Bunker Hill was not fought.-iji a castle with battering, rams; and., at rate,. whep. allude to the £>uke of Wllljngton.communing with Gen. Butler, and connect him with Buena Vista, there • is actually no hope pt your forming public opinion on thqse topics/ The piiblic mind is made up. And theft a little further On/ in the next column, yqn say: f This was the veiy crisis of the battle.

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Joan of Arc. spying Gen. Jackson behind ttie ebtiem bales, aShed at fiim upon her snow-White charger, swinging her ponderous battle-ax above her head; her ftiir hair streamed behind her in the wind. As her steed pressed forward her hair caught in the bough of a tree, and, as she hung there, Serg. Bates shot her through the heart with a bolt from an arquebuss. Her last words were: “ Don’t give up the ship.” ’ “ Now, you see, Mr. Scudder, this kind of thing sets people to talking. It hurts the paper. You’ve got Absalom mixed up somehow in your mind with Joan ,of Are, who died about 10,000 before Gen. Jackson, who wasn’t at Bunker Hill, and who never knew Serg. Bates anymore than Serg. Bates knows how to fire an arquebuss. Arquebuss! Gracious heaven ! I’m afraid this office’ll be mobbed before night. The community is not excitable, but it can’t stand more than a certain amount of insult. Serg. Bates will write us a couple of thousand letters about that allusion to him, and maybe he’ll come to see us. No dopht you meant well, but you’ve about done the business for us, especially here, where you W : “ ‘The Duke could stand it no longer. The Mamelukes had slain all of his vanguard. Gen. Sickles had lost his leg and retired on a pension, and the enemy’s skirmishers, lodged in the top of the monument, were pouring boiling oil on those who attempted to scale it. Leaping upon his horse, he shouted: “ Up, guards, and at them,” and the next moment, with the gloribps flag-of truce in one hand and his sword in the other, he hurled Itis legions upon the lava-beds, and crushed the savage foe to the earth, killing, among others, the well-known Gen. Harrison, afterward President of the United States.’ “The duke! Mamelukes! Flagof truce! Lava-beds! Awful, sir, awful! The Ar_gus is a goner! Gone up, Mr. Scudder! Blain! But how cmitd you have scared up that idea about a man fighting with a flag of truce in his hand? - And how, O how could you have killed a man who you admit was afterward President of the United States ? No comic paper ever surpassed this. It is terrible. I think we shall have to part, Mr. Scudder. It seems to me that your career as a journalist ought to come to an end right here- I will accept your designation. ( * “ Andjjj apyone ssks you why you left the 'A&gks point to this last, paragraph and was Because the'proprietor ■fras afraid he’d murder you when he read your ■statement that ‘At the battle of Bunker Hill the Confederates lost 80,000 and the Carthagenihns only 600,’ and that ‘There is no spot in Vifginia’that the people hold more sacred than that bloody hill where the bones of CfoiAsvell lie with those of Roger Williams, as if in life they had never fought against each other in the cause of the Constitution and cheap transportation.’ Point to that language, Mr. Scudder, and your friends, will,understand the situation. Good morning.” Mr. Scudder withdrew, and he is now looking for another newspaper to ru,in. — Mar Adder i in N. Y.

Served Him Right.

The Portland (Me.) Advertiser describes the following, adventure-of Me. John Neal, the Veteran author, poet and critic of that city:’ A number of our oldest John Neal, Judge Howard, T. C. Hersey, and others, were riding up home in the street-cars, about six p. m., as is their wont, when two young roughs, perhaps twenty-two or twenty-three .years of age, jumped on the front platform of the car, one of them puffing away at a villainous cigar. The front door was open and the clouds of smoke rolling in the car almost choked the occupants. At last one of the oldfcr gentlemen could stand it no longer, and so remarked, at which one of the others touched the smoker, saying that the smoke was very offensive, and that the rules of the company did not permit smokng on the car s. To this appeal the man paid no more attention than if he had been a statue. Mr. John Neal, leaning forward, remarked as follows: “Young man, that smoke is very offensive, and you must put that cigar out.” “Is that so, old man?” replied the rough, lazily looking over his shoulder at Mr. Neal, without removing his cigar from his mouth. The color in the old gentleman’s face rose steadily, but repressing his wrath he again remarked: “Young man, that cigar must be put out. Smoking is not allowed on the cars.” " “ Well, old man, what are you going to do about it?” replied the rough. With the quickness of lightning Mr. Neal made a bound or to that platform, seized the cigar from the man’s mouth and flung it in the street.. With one hand he grasped the rough by 'the nape of the neck and With the other by the left forearm, raised him off his fleet and dashed him to the platform, and as he placed his foot on him he exclaimed iff quivering tones: ‘‘ Thank your stare, young man, I did not piteh you into the street after your cigar.” , The fellow was completely cowed. When we remember- that Mr. Neal is eighty-four years old, the mere physical energy and power displayed was somethmg remarkable. Every one will say that he served the rough just right. ’ —The other evening a Vicksburg toper got full and started for home, took a wrong direction, wandered into the outskirts of Ihe ftjty, fell down; and lay beside the fence fill flight. He was aroused in the ’tnoriingltya hog rooting him over, when, leaping up and hanging to the feqce,< he took a lookattheporker and exclaimed: “ P-perhaps you th-think I’m a-a com-com-mon d-drunkard, but you’ve made a bad m-mistake, old fellow!”