Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 1, Number 3, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 10 April 1879 — Page 2

Ill# i Jk#*.4 A. B. HTIITIf, Kdltor. , • THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879. The Hon. Samuel H. Buskirk, ex-judge of ihe Supreme Cfurr, died reiy sudenly at Itidiajiopolw. ou lasi Tl ureday altej an-illness of two weeks. A- COHRESPONDENT of the-L' ui-ville Courier-J; urnal thus irreverently speaks of the adjournment of the Democratic Legislature of Indiana: "The darned old thing busted at high uoi n to-day, and everybody is happy.” WHERE shall we move?is the greatquestion under discussion just now. T ‘ you are happy, pay up your rent and stay where you are. If you conclude • 'o move, call in patience and pert-ev rnhee, and bring all the gold tea if : ngs of a life time to your aid—for the devil is on his hind legs always during moving week. Always talk up your own nwn as though you owned it and had it for sale. Let business men help each oilier in every way they can without damaging their own business, l’atrop ize heme industries if it does com a little more, taking tverything into consideration it will bo cluaper in the 8i and, and we will have a prosperous' town. — Garrett Herald.

About SIOO was recently taken mi of the pockets of si me ol our gullible citizens—mostly ladies, we are sorry to learn—who were indue and to subscribe for a certain magazine through a pretended agent. The resr’t is, their money is gone, and they got no magaz ; ne. Our advice to all such is, put your money wheie it wOl do the most good—in your home papers, and you wiil get what you subscribe for, if not quite up to your peculiar ideas us what you want.— Goshen Times. The project of flooding the Great Desert of Sahara has not been abandoned. The surveying parties on the rout of the proposed canal from the Mediterranean report favorable progress. Another proposition is to cut a canal from the Atlantic to the great basin of the desert, or to roopen the old channel, which, it is believed, connected the sea that formerly covered the territory now included in the desert with the Atlantio Qctan. The first Chinaman who settled in San Francisco is said to have arrived therein 1847, aDd the news which he sent homo as to tin discovery of cold speedily brought a number of his intimate friends By 1852 from 3,000 to 4,000 had arrived. A company was then formed by Chiuatnou to aid emmigration, and was followed by the establishment of several other companies, The Chinese population in San Fraccisoo is about 30.000,' 0 f whom 2,0Q0 are women, 7,000 are servants, and 5,000 are cigar makets. The rest are divided up among various occupations.

The sultan is apparently determined that there shall always be an eastern question to worry the souls’ of lienor hern ami western tiiends. The latest report is that Ije r j ers the propos' and joint occupation ot llmiielit, and insists on the right so Turkey to defend her interests in that province against Bulgarian fjrce or intrigue He will atand by the treaty of Berlin, and demunds that the signatory powers shall do the same. Whom-.he gods vlfould destroy they first make foolishly obstiuule, and th iC seems just now to be %fiat is the matter, with the sujtan. The indispensable features of a newspaper are commou sense and-an endless amount of disoretion. A oountry paper should be intensely local, and may be so by hunting up items. Events relating to your owo town and county deserve the most space. The qualifications of an editor are .a thorough knowledge of printing and a fair liter ary edooetioo. Editor! should no aoeept office while they maintain their connection with the paper, His paper •boold receive his whole attention. A YOtJNO man named Lichfield living in Union Tp., Elkhart Cos., aoci deafly shot himelf the other day

under the following' circumstances. He bad shot a musk-rat in the creek near his father's louse, which sank to the bottom, and in stirring around in the water to find it, used the wrong end of the gun, hence "the. result as .above. Drs. Beckne'l and Gilpin put in anew side for him. — Milford Cor i espondent to the Goshen Independent We wish to inform Bro. 'Jery” that Dr. Schwartz, of this place had the case in charge and called in tbe above named physicians as couri e : . But they, nor any o'her M. D. “put in a ni w side" or front, either for the young man. Dr. Schwartz deserves all the pfeise in : bis ease. It i“ probably generally remembered that some years ago—in 1873—Con gre's passed a law providing for the erection of durable headstoues over the’graves of soldiers of the regulai and volunteer forces of the United States whose remains are interred in the National Military Cemeteries. This law has been carried out, and the graves of the Nation’s dead in these crm.teries are now permanently tookid. At the installed of the War Depa. meut, Congress has recently autho iz and the erection of similar headst. nos over the graves of the Union soldiers who are buried in private and villi ge cemeteries. Tbit ' ’ be done as soon as the nice suiy a tingt meats can be mailer In riv. me- time the Quartetmaster General at Washington, a 111 at once proceed to polleet. the necessary information as to wheie th.se headstones an required. All persons having au) knowledge of the bu. al places s.l soldiers iu private cemeteries whose g ves arc hot marked, are requcsteil to communicate the fact to the Quuiterp -sfef General, aid give regimen it company, grid date us deceased, it kc wo. Similar iuf< rinariou is de.-in and from par ties iu charge ot such cetueter ies. Os course it is not intended to furnish beadstoues for graves ovei which monuments have already'becu erecudbyielatlves or friends of the deceased

A BATTLE EXPECTED. London April 7. —The previous cablegram from The ‘Times correspondent, indorsed by the government's answer to a question in the house ol commons, that it was hopeless to expect auye settlement with King Cetcvayo of the Zulus, without enfiro ing complete submission, is true. The king had, as was reported, scut messengers to make overtures, but it inow learned that this was only to gain time to get in the orops. It is known that the Zulus are arranging a furuti dnble disposition to receive the British near the king’s •kraal, where the great and decisive battle of the war is expected. WAKA Li USA I TEMS. Our roads are passable odco more. The people here speak well of The N LWS. The days of sugar aod wax are fai t closing up. Sam Iloldeman says the whtat hanut beeu damaged by spriug frusis, Mr. Jo.-eph Hughs contemplates moving to Michigan in about a week. Mr. Joseph -Longiueuker, south west of here, is low with lung fcvei. It TB rumored that Mr. Samuel Knepple con empUtea moving back from Kansas. tt ♦ George W. Kilmere has retired from the furniture business. The style ol the dew firm being Miller & Clay. Mr. I’. G. Maitin has returned from the East, after an abscence of abotb three years, Peter is gutting youngei every day. Our school began under the supervision us Mr. Spuho, ol Waterford, and Daniel Smellier, of' this place, on Monday of this week. Our Drs. Knepple and Montgomery have been ou (bj sick list tor some time. Knepple has recovered suffic iently to ride again, but Montgomery is still confined to his bed. Mr. L. B. Nusbaum is attending college at Terre Haute, lud., aod Mr. Stanford Willaid contemplates going there after harveu. We art .glad to note the determination of oar young men in tbie direction. Henry,

. The Color o 7 Human Hair. In the current number of the Journal of the Anthropological Institute appeals a paper by Mr. H. C. Borby, describing some researches in 'which he lias endeavored to isolate tile pigments of the hair, and to subject them to chemical ami spectroscopic scrutiny. ’ Hitherto little has been really known respecting the causes of the difference in color, anil the distinctive characters of the various capillary pigments. Mr. Sorby concludes that hair is a colorless, horny substance," tufted in different specimens by three, or possibly four distinct pigmentary bodies. . Ordinary solvents,, such as water and alcohol, have no action on the pigments, since these arc protected by the horny matter. Sulphuric acid, more or less .dilute, appears to be the best mediumTojwseparatmg the coloring principles, liy this means the author obtains from different kinds of human hair a reddish, a yellow, and a black pigment. It is possible that the red, which is an unstable body, may.pass into the yellow by a process of oxidation. Very red hair ijg characterized by the presence of the red constituent, unmodified by other pigments; dark red hair contains also some of the black, pigmentary matter; golden hair lias less of the red and more of the yellow principle; in 6apdy-brown hair the black and red constituents arifassociated with a large proportion ofyellow coloring matter; in dark brown hair the black pigment increases at the expense of the others; while in black hair tiffs dark coloring material Completely overpowers the associated pigments. It is a notable fact that Mr, Sorby found in some very black hair of u negro just as large a proportion of red pigment as in a very red hair of European origin. We may, therefore, safely conclude that if this negro had failed to develop the black pigment - his hair would have been, not while, but as bright red as tlml of any red haired European.'

llmv tin* Next Census is to be Taken. The hill providing for the taking of the tenth census of the United States provides that a census of the population, wealth and industry of the United States shall lie taken on or before June Ist. 1880. It provides for the appointment of a superintendent of census by the President, and also the necessary, clerks and copyists in his office. The Secretary of the interior is directed to appoint on or before the Ist of April, 1880, one or more supervisors of census within each State ami Tun : uiry, such persons to be-resi-dents of such State or Territory. The 'total number of supervisors' is' not tiT~ex. need 150, Tin; supervisor is to apportion their districts and designate'lo tin; superintendent suitable persous to be.employed as enumerators, >ueli pcrsons“to be selected solely with reference to their fitness, and without reference to- their political or party affiliations. Each supervisor is to receive SSOO upon the completion of iiis duties. The enumerators are to receive two-ceiits tor each living-inhabitant reported, two cents for each death reported, ten cent* for i aeh farm, and fifteen cents for each establishment of industry enumerated and returned. The sub-division assigned to' each enumerator shall not exceed 4,000 inhabitants, according to the census of 1870, nor contain less than 500, where the last preceding census shows the inhabitants thereof. Pope Leo’i Superstition. This story is told in a Roman letter to a French Journal: One morning Leo XIII was about to eat some raw eggs, as is hia wont every morning, and requested commander. Sterbini, the gentleman serving him, to bring him some salt to take with them. Sterbinij presenting the salt-cellar ou a solid silver tray, accidentally let it slip from his hands, and the salt tell, but only on the table. The Pope rctse immediately, -carefully broking to seo whether any of the grains had reached tlio ground. “Only see,” he Buid, “the salt is upset, and had it fallen on the, ground I believe I should not have got over to-day. He then took out a pocket-book and noted the fact, observing at the same time that “we shall see whether wo shall not have the loss ot some beloved Cardinal to deplore before long.” Niue days after the sad news of Cardinal Asquim'a death reached tlio Vatican; and the Pope, handing to Sterbini his pocket-book, requested him to read aloud to those around the note he had mnde nine dnys before. Then, breaking the silence, he said : “Had the salt lieen scattered on the floor instead of upon the table, as was the case, verily I believe I should* be stunding now before the judgment seatl”

Mental Toil. That great thinkers and hard brainworkers are long-lived, is asserted, with a considerable array of facts, in a volume by Dr. Beard, lie presents a list of some 500 of the most eminent names in the history, including a number like Pascal, Mozart, Keats,and others,who died young' and finds the average age of tiio 500 to have been over 04 years. As this is t'af beyond the average of farmers, mechanics, and business men, he concludes that tlie wear and tear of brain-work is not so exhausting as it is commonly supposed, and that it rarely shortens life- Toe Loudon Spectator, however, reviewing tiiia theory, maintains that excessive mental toil must shorten life, and did evidently shorten it in the case of many of the. 50th cited; but they had originally more vigorous constitutions and a large amount of vital force, and, by virtue of this superior vitality, which explains in part, also, their superior brain-power, they were able to continue work even to old age, before breaking down under the pressure; though the same vital iorce would have prolonged life for many years if they bad not exhausted it prematurely.

The Proprietors OF THE PEOPLBS’ HI M Desire to return thai.ks to tbeif Many Customers, aod friends for their liboral patronage in the past, and hope to merit a cuntinuenee of the same-in the future, by KEEPING Til KIR STOCK at all limes supplied wt h PURE FRESH GOODS OF J*t-xndarcl Quality. And they would urn.ounce, to c'e]y body ih if their store Will atull times be su| plied with a CHOICE STOCK IN EVERY DEPAHTMEN.T With the best selected stock of Drugs. Metlicines! OILS.’PAINjIS, / p /dyestuff, School "Books Stationary/ Sandti s, Toilvr. Soaps, Purti/mery, .and Standard Patent M/'iliefnes of -lie day. Thc 'hest, Cigar's/and Tobacco. W aim to m ku the lowest passible cash p ice-, so as to merit a con inn hum ol ,tha ! smne liberal patronage and trade 3n the future as iu the.pa-t. Respect billy yours. ol - I). BINKLEY & CD. F 18 HER. BROS. CSV _ Deaf r- lit aqd M jnu'auturcrs of BKt C K . ... p .NAPPANEE, s- INDIANA , —o — We -juke and keep constantly ’on l and No. 1 Brick. , VV I. 1> EF f COM PE f IT lON IN PRICES. r Clive us a call before buying elsewhere. Brick yard opposite the new school HOUSE

The Old Reliable, BOOT& SHOIG MAKER. ■a ' RICHARD SANDERS. N-EW- WORK made to order, and one on the shorted possible noice, at prices to Auit the times. GIVE ME A CALL BKI?ORE\}OING ELSEWHERE. Nappanee. Infff-yta. nl

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HARTMAN BROS. —DEALERS IN- .. -. ■ P ' ' ' DRV GOODS AND GROCERIES. - - • k : “ —* : ' 7 “ < ' , ' ‘ 1 ~ fc ♦ BOOTS AND SHOES, t ,' II AT.A CAPS. DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY & WHITE GOODS, h .GKB AND EMBROIDERIES, CORSETS, FANCY G CDS AND/ NOTIONS OF EVERY DESIUPTION. ' • ■ . 'Y\\ ' ~ ;'fa , • -- ' YV ‘ C7hoice Tobaccos and Cigitrs always on {@* ----.-.A- \v ONE LOW PRICE TO VIJ,, A.\D DON'T YOU VOHGET /T. >'' ' ' Just received a large stock r| MEN PLOW BOOT'SSHOES WO lEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN StftlES whi h are Jo be S-'lff at Ilottom Prices We make a specialty of • the BOOT AND SHOE trade, and invite one and-all to call and examine our stock betore purchasing elsewhere Na it a nee, - - - Indiana. F. C. STARLET, y~ : * —DKALKiUN- ' • . ' \ A..'.- ; FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKER, My rooms may be found on Market Streot, opposite the Post office where A'LARGE STOCK OF GOOD FURNITUEE! Embracing everything usually kept in such stores. I expeot to keep such a class, of goods uiid offer them at prices (hat will Any trifle you that my store is the place to buy.

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full Stovk of Coffins, Burial Cases, &c„ he kept constantly on hand, and ha vim a j!o**d I am prepareti to atteod ull on nhort notice Terms as rensonahle ua any other ebtablidhment, l also haVc iu connection ;i complete Mock ot' WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY

Repairing done on short notice and all work warrant! 1. lam alsb agent so

All kinds of dewing Machines, and keep'on hand all the different . machine needles. Give rae a before buying elsewhere.