Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1889 — Page 6

she Republican. ! Gao. E. Mannuaix. Publisher, RMNSSELaBR, INDIANA

A lqnobbinterval elapsed atone time het ween the admission of Territories to Btatehood,tb*n has passed si nee the latest etar was added lo the national galaxy. Thirteen years have gone by since Colorado came into the family of States, bringing the - number up to thirty-eight Fifteen years, however pawned between the admission of Missouri and that of the next Territory — ArirsnsM -Which rwma into Statehood. This year, however, will stand first in the number of States created—four. The obi* other year M more than one was made was 1845, Sarben Florida and Texas were admitted to the national council. c ,T A Lindon preacher has invited the workingmen of the city to copie into his lecture room oi a Monday noon and eat their dinners there—and to bring j)long their pipes. They are said—jttf* attend freely, and while eatMfe and smoking to enjoy a discussion with the parson on every-day topics. The other day he was asked if he thought the Archbishop earned his $75,000 a year,and if one of the Ixirds ought to have the gift of a hundred churches. The plan is a good one for the artisans and laborers in genrisky for the preachers. The hardest questions hr the world to answer are the very simple ones that go about in a hat Amons al I the bacteria that swans in disease it is not wonderful that the special one which causes diptheria. should have eluded the doctors and scientific investigator. " But Pasteup now feels sure that in his office tbg* thiug is at last fixed upon without errbr? This lessens tinpreventable diseases by one more. The typhoids and hydrophobia have been deducted recently, while more or leas progress has been made with cholera and yellow fever. The public antagonism to vaccination makes it improbable that it will eVer be widely applied to cover a long list of diseases. But man’s control of nature is now fairly assured. ” ~

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Belmont will have »library. - There are 732 convicts north. Palmvra are down 1900 feet and no gas yet Jasper has found gas at a depth of -490 feet The Connersville Methodists will build an elegant new church. Fever has played havoc at Kingman, during the past winter, scarcely a family escaping. The eating of diseased pork has «*aused the probably fatal illness of three persons at Laporte. J. E. Smith, forger and horse thief was sent north from Wabash on the 25th for four years. Thomas Locke, the Miami county school teacher who is being boycotted by his pupils but continues to draw salary, has been warned by the White Caps to vacate. James B. Rutherford, a soldier whose eyes were shot out during the war, was recently married to Miss Mattie Fonts, a girl of sixteen, of Salem. The groom is aged fifty-six, and he receives a pension of seventy-two dollars per month. Mrs. Hattie Chafin, a widow of Connersville, Friday, discovered in an old trunk bonds to the amount of $5,009, with eight years accumulated interest, that . were lost on the death of Dr. Chafin eight years ago. Thorough search had been made several times for the bonds. The director of the bureau of geology 1 and natural resources, Prof. Gorby, made the following appointments Friday: Mine inspector, Thomas McQuade, of Clay; coal oil inspector, M. J. Hyde, bf Marion; natural gas inspector, Prof. E. T. J. Jordan, of Shelby. Minas Lowe, of Columbus, is fiftyseven years of age and has been married three times. From these unions there were born twenty-four children, and of this number but four are now living. The father and husband has attended the funeral of twenty of his children and ’of two wives. The youngest of his offsprings is four years of age. ’ /

A RUMOR OF WAR.

A rumor was in circulation at Kiel, Monday, that a naval conflict had taken place in Samoan waters between a United State/war ship and tbs German corvette The Americans, the rumor says, wdfe the aggressors. The government officials at Berlin and Washington have" no, knowledge of the affair. Secretary Bayard, said Sunday night that he had* not heard anything es the reported conflct between a German and an American war vessel .in SamoaA waters. He regarded such a conflict >s highly improbable, as there was an understanding that belligerent action in Samoa should be suspended pending the conference to be held at /Berlin. He also pointed oat that it was hardly possible that information of such a state of affairs would be known at Kiel before the news was received at Berlin or Washington. A truce has been arranged between the German consul to Samoa and King Mataafa, to remain in force until after the Berlin conference. By the terms of the truce Mataafa agrees to prevent the destruction of German estates. In connection with the departure from Berlin to Samoa of Herr Stuebel, it is said at the German capital that the prepartions on the part of Germany ter the coming Samoan conference are complete. It is believed that the proceedings of the conference will be purely formal, but it w not thought that there will be any difficulty in arriving at a settlement of the differences satisfactory to all of the parties concerned.

THE STATE LECISLATURE

Politics raced in the Senate on the 26th, being precipitated mto the discussion of the bill to elects three separate trustees for each of the\Benevolent institutions. The nomination of A. D. VaMjdoi. of Madison, as a trustee for the Tie form School for Boys was confirmed. (He is the Commander of G. A. R. in Indiana.) The above named bill was then passed, there being only three votes against it. Other bills passed as follows: Concerning the terms of the directors of the northern State prisPte&o provide for a settlement with the State-house Commissioners; when the Suite Capitol shalj be turned over to the State; city and town assessors, to establish a Department of Geology, and Natural Gas Resources Glassed over the Governor’s veto, yea's 28, nays 23]; to provide for’the man agement of the three additional hospitals for the insane; concerning the death penalty, and providing that executions shall be in the prisons North and South yeas .37, nays 13; to Appropriate $49,000 for removal of a ledge of rock-at Momence. l!l.;Fto appropriate S2OO to pay a Senate w arrant drawn last session • but unpaid; to legalize the incorporation of Center Point, Ciay county. A joint session of the Senate arid House for the election of the officers to be chosen by the Geheial Asseinbly > began at ll:3u o'clock. The Supreme Court Commissiohere were elected first. The Republicans presented no nominees and refused to vote, for the reason, as stated by Alford, whose name was the first called, that they believe the law unconstitutional, and that the election won id have no force. The result of the election vraa aS follows: bupreme Court Commissioners—First District, W. E. Niblack, Vincennes; Second District, Jeptha D. New, North Vernon, Third. John R.‘ Coffroth, Lafayette. Fourth, Robert Lowry, Fort Wayne; Fifth. Mortimer Nye, Laporte. State Statistician—W. A. Peele, Jr.,lndianapolis. -State Geologist, c. Gorby. k Prison Directors North- Janjes Rhenihan,Jridianapolis; J. W. French, Lafayette. and'Levi Mock, Bluffton, jr? Prison Directors South—W. B. McPDevold, Princeton, F. Parks. Jefferson--sville, and R.'E. Slater, Lawrenceburg. I he House passed the following bills: To legalize the acts of the board of sixty commissioners of Wells'Countyr. to prevent treating in saloons, drug stores, or other places where liquor is sold; to authorize bridge companies owning bridges across streams forming boundary lines of this State to acquire,. own and operate steel railroads in coonec* tion therewith; to stathonze the judges of the Supreme Court to purchase from the administratrix of F. V. Vieh'e a copy of the laws; concerning offenses »nd their punishment; to protect squirrels; to establish a department of gsology and natural resources in this >tato [oyer the Governor’s veto —yeas 50, nays XS]; to appropriate money to Pnrd.ue Unversity, concerning appropriations for education of pauper children; concerning the duties of circuit clerks; to require township trustees and trustees of towns and villages to make and publish an annual, financial statement; to authorize the bale of certain State, lands and the recovery of lands belonging thereto. In the Senate on the 27th the follow-’, iqg bills were passed: To encourage the construction of levees and drains, and the restoration of overflowed lands by incorporated associations; concerning the school law; to separate the hoards of public institutions by electing three trustees each, for the Insane, the Blind and the Deaf and Dirmb asylums, amended by requiring a $50,000 bond of '* the treasurer and SIO,OOO bond from each of the trustees, concerning the Thirty-third, Thirty-fifth, and creating the Fifty-fourth judicial circuit; concerning corporations owning bridges < i. < i. d over streams forming State lines; to authorize > the commissioners of Wells countv'to sell bonds to complete the court house; to institute a purchasing board for the State Library’, and appropriating $5,000 for this year and $2,000 every year thereafter to’ purchase and bind 1 nooks, and to allow the librarian $1,500. for his first and second assistant $1,200 and S9OO, respectivelyuto require railroad companies to give notice to passengers of delayed frains; to amend the county commissioners’ 1 act 'hy abolishing the special session in January; to amend the charter of the city of Evansville; to amend the act concerning public offeneesv concerning township trustees—to /epeal the act with reference to contracting indebtedness; to enable joint suits to be maintained upon separate bonds of public oflieera ami others; to piescribe the duties of judges arid clerks in guardianships. T!,ie bill to reduce the fees of the Supreme Court Reporter caused tire Recubiiearfts to filibuster for over two hours. . The bill was finally passed to a third /i-ading. Two Democratic -Sena;torsjroted with the Republicans against the bill. N umerous bills were advanced on the calendar. * The House adopted resolutions proposing amendments to Section 2, Article 6. Section 2, Article 2, Section?, Article 7, Section 1, Article l; Section 8. Article N; Sections 2 and 5 of Article 7; Seclhgn I. Article 12; Section 21, Article 7, aEd Section 125 oLthe Constitution, the I’t concerning pay of members of the General Assembly. A resolution pro-, posing a nrohibitdrv amendment to the'. Constitution was indefinitely postponed —one Democrat —Warrum—voted with the Republicans for the resolution and two Republicans—Covert and Nugent—with the Democrats against it. , The daily row was between Willard and Linci.. the latter striking the former ipi the face. It is alleged by the Republi-. cans that Wihard called Stanley a liar w hich Linch resented. There was great excitement for a few minutes which soon quieted when it was known that the fight was not to be to a finish. The joint resolutions adopted propose: To fix all county officers to four years ana prohibit a re-election; fixing the terms of all State officers at four years; increasing to nine the number of Supreme Court judges, and strildng the word “white” from the Constitution. The Sepkte on the 28th, passed bills as Tq authorize county boards to aid in establishing homes for worthy, aged and indigent women, unable to care for/ themselves; to legalize an - addition to Roachdale; to fix the rate of school-fund interest at 6 per cent.; to authorize persons bavin? claims against the State of Indiana to bring suit therefor in the Superior Court of -Manon county, concerning aid to railroad com papies by. counties and townjtupg in taking stock; to enable Bridges over streams forming State lines to operate street railroads; to exempt a on-.-

tbonoand-dbflar homestead and S6OO personaiivi; to legalize the corporation <>f HiimsvHie. concerning the taking effect oi city ordinances, their publication etc.-, jo imreaxe the requirement for mutual inniiance companies from $60,000 in l».:ia tide premium notes to SIOO,IOO and f- I- (to tn rash; to authorize sheriffs, to Ou pint bailiff's in ail the courts, to legalize i io-sets bf trustees of the town of New I i»bon: to provide for the repair di her-turnpike roads; to give drainage jurisdiction over drains in cries and towns in certain cases. A few momenta before 6 o’clock a motion to adjourn ?ame from the Republican side. Before (he ayes and nays could be demanded Alford (who Was presiding,) put the question and de- . elated it carried. 'I he Republicans I then left the chamber. Barrett. D., ; called to the Democratic Senators-to return to their seats. He declared the; Senate not adjourned as Chase was pre- I siding. Chase who was present declared that he was not presiding. He then felt the Chamber also. Urmston was called to the chair and Burke was ►elected temporary chairman for the remainder of the session. The Democratic Senators then adjourned. The House passed the following bills: To authorize to wnshi ps to construct or aid in the construction and repair of bridges across streams of water; concerning tflp official term of directors of the northern State prison; to legalize the election of the present board of directors of the Clinton Draw-bridge Company; to pro- ; vide for the appointment and compen- I sation of a custodian of public buildings and property; to prevent gambling in . grain, stocks, petroleum, wool and pro- : visions; to authorize aid in the construction, of railroads by counties or “townships taking stock in or making donations; to grant the right of way through the lands of the State for highways; to appropriate $20,000-to pay old debts and improve the State prison south, to confer additional powers upon county auditors. John W. Linck.the representative of Jefferson county, was suspended for twelve days and fined $l5O, for striking J.H. Willard on the 27th. The Republicans claimed the punishment was too severe, especially after the justification for the bieachhf decorum that that bad been offered, but their attempts to re.duca the penalty was futile. On the evening of the 28th they caucused with the evident purpose of resigning, but ■ reached ho conclusion. In jfee/Senate, on the Ist, the follow- : ingTlWwere passed: Concerning the purchase of toll roads, relating to the Institution for,the Feeble-minded; .concerning the duties and compensation es Reporter of the Supreme Court; to legalize the incorporation of the town of Russellville; to add to legal holidays Thanksgiving day, the 22d of February and the 30th day of May, amended by adding also the day of national State or general elections; to amend certain Sections of the criminal procedure aßt, to the city and town incorporation law concerning street improvements; granting ten years’ time to propertyowners in paying assessments therefor, etc.; m-oviding thfct branch railroads may bnSd branches “fifty” instead of “thirflr miles to coa] oriron lands, and including “stone quariies;” to authorize cities to appoint One or more meat inspectors in each incorporated city to inspect beef, veal, mutton, lamb and pork; for a metropolitan police in cities of

20,1'00 and over —yeas, 26; nays, 18. The House passed the following pills. To appropriate $355.40 to pay Hay, wood & Cooper for improvements on St. Clair street, Indianapolis; to organize and regulate th# militia of Indiana; to limit the amount of taxes that may be levied /in “counties Jiayir ia population of legs than 25.000 inhabitants; for the punishment ot fafee pretenses in furnishing certificate of registration es horses and other animals; to make appropriations for the Indiana Insti’ntion for the Education of the Blind; to provide against the aduheratioh of food and drugs; to fix the official bonds of county auditors; to provide for the publication of legal advertisements; to authorize and direct road superxisors to make arrests in certain cases—t hat is, when game laws are being violated; to pay the claims of J. L. Spaulding for labor performed by graditig certain streets in Indianapolis; to regulatqjthe weighing of coal, use of timber props, screening coal, etc.; concerning cruelty to animals, to provide penalties against persons who neglect or cruelly treat the same, to provide for the conn letion, equipment and furnishing of the three additional hospitals for the insane; for the relief of David M. Bernhardt; to authorize boards of county commissioners to make appropriations to aid in establishing homes for worthy and indigent old women; to authorize the organization of corporations to conduct health resorts, hospitals and sani•arit.ins, to manufacture chemicals and medicines; a bill to amend certain sec--tions of the school law;to appropriate S2OO to pay Merchants’ National Bank, of Indianapolis, on account of John D. Carterto provide for the assessment of street ways to pav for streetumprovements; to legalize acts of Trustees of Carmel. The Senate, <rn the 2d, passed bills as follows: To authorize school commissioner# in cities of thirty thousand and more, undei the census of 1880; to issue purposes; concerning the increase of capital stock iri business men’s and voluntary associations; concerning v.>'out ary associations, providing for their incorporation so as to envou> breeding of- stock; concern.fsg la.xation of coal tug-boats and wharflax; concerning elections and nominat'.ng conventions and to maintain political purity; to authorize thev purchase ot ten acres of land for the use of the Hospital for the insane near Logansport. in Cass county; to enable stock-' holders of companies formed for furnishing inel or natural gas to make agreement for voting stock etc.; to prescribe the terms of court to which certair. proceedings and actions shall stand issue to place the J., M. & I. R. R. pu a level with all the other railroads in'this State as far as condemning real estate for railroad purposes is concerned. The bilL to provide for the election of three trustees fdr each of the additional hospitals for the insane, vetoed Dy the Governor, was passed over the veto. The House “did likewise. The House, on the 2d, advanced various bills on the calender. . There .was not a quorum in the House on the 4th. The Governor returned the bill depriving the Reporter of the Supreme Court of his fees with his veto. The bin was then passed over the veto. The Beasley bill, .intended, it is claimed, to compel the Governor to call an extra session, was passed under a suspension of tne rales. The bill prevents payment “of salaries to State officers in the absence of a specific appropriation bv tht®Legis ’attire.

LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

• A%ill has parted.lhe 1 Senate which nhfbdirizt-8 the Gpvernor. Auditor; ; retary pud Treasurer of State to accept the Suite House as sqon as the final report of the Commissioners has been passed upon, ■ ■ >. ‘The Senate committee on elections submitted a report on the resolution to pflbw Scott Ray $6 0 for expenses incurred in hie contest case. There were four reporto submitted, a majority, recommending that Ray be allowed the amount, and on that proposition there was a thinority report. A majority regort also recommended that Samuel J. arpenter, the l contestee, be allowed j SSOO, and on that there was also a miI nority report. The whole natter was ‘ referred to the committee on finance I without debate. H-.-I In response to an inquiry from the House, the Governor, Tuesday, transmitted to Speaker Niblack a statement showing the financial condition of the State. Estimating the tax levy of twelve cents on each SIOO remaining as now, the revenue is placed at $1,400,000 for • each of years 1889 and 1890, while the actual expenses for the year ending October 31, 1889, including $125,000 for General Assembly, will be $1,864,970. > -To this should be added undrawn amounts on\ appropriations for sol*„ diers’ monument, Soldiers’ Home. &c., making the whole aggregate $2,246,670. To this must be stilr further added appropriations for Feeble-minded Instiy/ tute, Reform Schoo), and such other items as may be determined by the General Assemb'y, estimated at $1,280,970, Inqu : ry shows that there will be a deficit over all reports for the fiscal years 1889, 1890 and 1891 of $2,052,410, and that a loan of $2,200.000'wi1l be necessary. There is now in the general fund embraced in the accounts to which the Governor alludes but $25,000. The Governor recommended a long loan, as ofie could be 'placed more advantageously than a short one. His suggestions we re referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. ' 7 Gov. Hovev, in refusing to abide by the action of the Legislature in depriving him of appoitmentSjraises a quest ion of great importance.and One which hat never Deen decided by the Supreme Court. He Imld's that the General Assembly has the right to create oTTices not prohibited by constitution, bu_t contends that the spirit of the constitution, if not the letter, is violated when authority is assumed to elect those w i ho will discharge the functions of the offices thus created. There are bine States institutions (penal, benevolent and reformatory), with thirty-five officers and a multitude of subordidates, which are ' included in fthe construction which the Governor gives to die contitution, and which are now in charge di, Democrats. They Wield great influence in the priitied of the State. There are also four bureaus or departure: 's similarly controlled and all this patronage will revert to the Republicans if the Supreme Criirt approves his interpretation of the constitution. The issue raised by the Governor to the legality of the recent elections py the General Assembly involves not only the Commissioners of the Court, but also the benevolent Boards, the Prison Directors, the Bureaus, and all the subordinate officers of the State, with their innumerable sub-appointees.

The Senate has passed Senator .Cox’s homestead bill. It provides for a radical change in the present homestead or exemption law, raising the amount subject to exemption from $6(10 to $1,600. The fiist provision is that the homestead, not exceeding in value SI,OOO. consisting of real- estate, owned and occupied by any resident house-holder of the State, shall not be subjeted to attachment, levy or sale upon execution, or other process, so long as the same shall be owned aad occupied by the debtor as such homestead. Such homestead is exempt as well after as before the death of the debtor, and in event of the death of the debtor, the estate shall descend to his heirs at law, free and divested from all claims, of creditors, so long as the heir or heirs own and occupy the same. The homestead I shall only be liable for assessments and t xes accruing thereon, mechanics’ lien for work, labor or material furnished exclusively for the improvement of it. or for the payment of obligations tracted for the purchase of real estate, or to satisfy any debt secured by mortgage upon the homestead, executed and acknowledged by both husband and wife, or an unmarried claimant, and the whole, or a sufficient portion of it, may be sold to pay the same. In addition to the exemption of homestead, an amount of personal property not exceeding in value S4OO, together with his household furniture, not exceeding in value $200,. is made -not liable to sale on execution or any other final process from any court for any debt growing out of or upon a contract, express or impli§< after the taking effect of the act. Thursday morning all of the newly elected Supreme Court. Commissioners pre-enterl their certificates to Judge Byron K. Elliott, with Anote signifying that they had taken the oath of office and were prepared to enter upon their duties. Judge Elliott said: “I respectfully decline, for the present, to file the, certificates tendered me. Questions are inyote’ed which I deem it my duly to submit to the court. Two of them. I suggest (1) If an office is created by the General Assembly, is not the only evidence of title a commission signed by the Governor, sealed by the State seal, and attested by the Secretary of State, as provided in section 6 of Article 16 of the Constitution? (2) If the General Assembly has authority to empower any other person than the Governor to issue a commission upon the refusal of übe Governor to issue it, is tjrere any evidence before me t|pon which I can officially act on a refusal by the Governor?” {-When it was found'that the Commissioners were not attempting to force their claims to a test, papers were prepared for the beginning of a suit to enjoin the Commissioners from undertaking to assume the duties or privileges which the/ claim. The tiile of the suit is: The State by relation of Alvin P. Hovey, Governor, versus Wm. T. Noble, Clerfc of the Supreme Court, Wm. E. Niblack. John R. Coffroth, Jeptba D. New. Robert Lowry and Mortimer T. Nye. Ad of the Commissioners qualified by taking the oath of office. It was thought to be their intention to proceed to purchase desks and hooks for their offices, and in order to prevent such an expense to the State until the matter is finally settled, and at the same time-to bring such settlement at the earliest possible date thi _ suit is brought.

AMONG CANNIBALS.

1 A Visit M the )Most Degraded) Race iuihe World. New York Commercial Advertiser. Recently a remarkably interesting lecture was delivered by Dr.' Carl Lumholz, of Christiana, Norway, before the Geographical Society at Chickering Hall. Dr. Lumholz is a jroung Norwegian sciedtist who,, a few years since, conceived the idea of penetrating the voidest parts of Australia in search of fiord and fauns of the opuutry, He has but now returned from me explorations, having passed two years and more among the least civilized tribes of men now existing, and having trod over land and among nations never before visited by white men. The most interesting part, of his experiences were with the cannibalistic tribes in the heart of Australia, of whom he says: / " “Of coatee, I could not go at once and live with them, but had to work my way gradually. I had, then, been in Australia more, than a year and, es course, had acquired some experience as to how to proceed with them. I now first began to associate with the socalled civilized blacks, and through them I, by degrees, became acquainted with otner Jirtbes, until at last. I lived with natives who were in the mostprimitivfe state of l,ife and had never come in contact.with.a white man. By civilized blacks; we< generally understand such of thq natives as have to some degree been affected by European culture, but the extent of the civilization may be briefly summed up thus—that a civilized black knows that he will be shot dead if he kills a European; that he is greatly addicted to tobacco,, and fond of wearing clothes which, he .considers more as an ornament than. as a useful article.

“Thfe greatest trouble was to get the blacks to take part in my ; excursions, for they are born idlers and have fundamental objection to any kind of work. Luckily, in the last six or seven months of my stay in that region I happened to find a really good servant. He stuck to me wherever I went, so that my position from the time of his advent grew much more favorable. He was by no means an ordinary black, but was possessed of a peculiar vein or naivete, and so he often blurted out ideas and information of the greatest value. In spite of this he uas not at all free from the treachery characteristic of all the blacks. Nevertheless, he was better than the others, and saved my life many a time. Of course I dared not trust myself to him unreservedly, for all blacks are like children, the sport of caprice and inspiration of the moment, and are especially prone to deceit, of us were fortunate enough to find, as a rule, four or five of the blacks willing to go with us; sometimes the whole tribe, with its women and.children. “As far as the method was possible, I rode alone, whilst my blacks went on in front, one of them leading my pack horse. At the foot of the mountains a camprwas pitched, and here the horses were left behind, whilst the saddles and bridles were placed in a tree, so that the wild dogs could not get at them. Then we went up the mountain on foot, the dense underwood there, of course, being impassable for horses. My provisions consisted of fourteen to fifteen pieces of ox flesh, pickled and dried, with a small quantity of wheat flour to be baked into bread in the hot ashes, and some sugar. When these provisions were exhausted, yyhich occurred pretty quickly, we lived, like the aborigines, on young snakes, lizards, larvae; eggs and the like. My outfit included a large white woolen blanket that was a standing wonder and a constant envy of the blacks. As soon as I unpacked it they made a clicking noise, expressive of dielight, with their tongues, and roard out: ‘Tamin, tamin!’ [Fat, fat!] Anything that is very good they call ‘fat.’ “One of the most important things I brought with me was tobacco,, a greater joy to the aborigines than the very best food. At Herbert River the blacks dicL not know, before the arrival of the whites, of any stimulants at all. The tobacco served me instead of money, and for it they will do anything, even to selling their Wives. Among these people tobacco is always smoked, never chewed, and I have often seen a mother, carrying a child on her back, hand it a pipe, at which the child would take a couple of puffs with apparent delight. They often used to send ip barter small bite of tobacco, wrapped in gum, to other tribes, and in that way tobacco is known among remote tribes who have never themselves came into contact with Europeahs. “Next to tobacco, my ; revolver was of the greatest importance to me. Very luckily, the natives, who do not themselves possess even bows and arrows, have the greatest resnect for firearms. It is, however, necessary to keep up youi reputation as a good marksman, else you will soon lose their respect Their astonishment is equally great when you bit a. kangaroo, in a resting position, or .when yon bring down a bird on the wing. They were especially afraid of my revolver, which they looked upon as inexhaustible. I made it my business to keep this fear constantly awake, and every night before creeping into my hut I discharged my baby-gun, as they called it, just in order to refresh their minds as to the existence of this dreadful weapon.

/ “tn the evenings, just before sunset, we pitched and settled down for the night I had a hut made by the natives every evening in the ordinary way. The huts are built in a few minutes and consist of pa|m leaves stretched across a slight framework of houghs. They are about three to four feet highland have a large opening on one side.r-1 always had my hut made so long that I could lie down at full length, but the natives I generally fpund lying two or three closely huddled together in each hut, with their feet projecting ou t Side. A .' “Happily for me, I felt in the winter time the cold at night, owing to the great contrast with the heat of the daytime, * and in consequence I awoke several times every night and had to Wake the blacks to keep the fire burning before our huts. Thia gave the blacks the impression that the white man slept but little, and that he was alwiays on the alert and had the baby-gun ready. It was necessary always to be on one’s guard, as the , blacks are of a very treacherous and cunning nature, and one of the most important precautions that a colonist learns to take is, ‘never to have a black fellow behind you. ’ The blacks never seem to lose their inherited impulses, as the following experience of a squatter on Thompson river will show: Hahad, one day, gone shooting with his black boy, and as he wai walking in the forest in front of Bis servant the latter clapped him on th# shoulder and said: ‘Lei me go in front of you and shoot; behind I fepl too great a longing .to kill you.” ’ Dr. Lumholz then went on to. relate his experience with , the cannibalistic tribes of the interior. He tol’d of their treachery to each other as tribes, how they have territories over whose borders .they can only step at the risk of being hunted and killed, and that when thus killed they are often eaten. While Dr. Lumholz was among them they made something of a secret of their fondness for human flesh. He was glad nevertheless to learn that they didTibt look upon white men as very availsbte food, as it was reported to make them nausdated. During his stay of a year or more among these people he heard of only two cases of cannibalism. He further dwelt upon the strange customs of the aborigines, their modes of living, marriage customs, methods of warfare, domestic and social life, closing with the following: “I had a good deal of unpleasantness and many troubles through their deceit and cunning, which often made me so , tired and worried that I was on the .point of giving up the expedition, but the thought of perhaps being able to make valuable discoveries in this strange and interesting country always kept my spirits up, and I must say that I was not disappointed, but have returned with interesting facts and specimens of natural history new/to science, and with an intimate knowledge of the habits and life of the Australian aborigines—one of those unfortunate races that are rapidly dying out. On the other hand I was cheered in my work by the many delightful impressions I received of the grand and splendid scenery around me on my wanderings, sights I shall never forget. When the tropical sun rose in the early merning above the trees of the lofty Australian forest and awakened nature with its bright, dazzling rays, or when the moon appeared above the mountain ridge and threw her pale light over the vast plains below, while the mystic voices ot the night birds rang out on the still, quiet night, there was a “beauty over the landscape which I aould not possibly do justice to if I were to attempt to describe it, and regretted only that I had no companion to share it with me.” Mark Twain .relates that he was awakened from a sound sleep by the collapse of the Park Central Hotel, Hartford. Hft thought that Something bad happened to his own house and sprang out of bed in an agony of dismay. When he learned that his house was uninjured he looked out of the windows to see which of his neighbors had been overwhelmed. ’ The hotel was more than a mile from his house.

THE MARKETS.

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