Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1879 — Page 4

INDIANA INKLINGS

Thus are 280 ratoon* In IndianapoUa. Ths Kokomo spoke factory ha* resumed operation*. Ths ladies of tbs Kokomo Woman's Suffrage Club are preparing a woman’s department tor (he next county tflr. The Ship-yards at Jeffersonville asv crowded with work, and orders enough ahead to keep them busy for many months. Ik Wabpsh county, the other day, commencing after dinner and working until dark, Mr. J. 8. & Oonothers thrashed 710 bushel* of wheat. Dr. A. McTfKZL, of New Albany, h«« received the SIOO prize from Chisago, for the best essay on diphtheria from a homeopathic standpoint. Tftß largest riogle transaction .In cash meats ever made in Indianapolis was made by a jobbing house, a few days ago. One million pound* of clear rib sides were sold for cash at $4.25, per cent. - John Rrd linger, a farmer living , five miles east of Decatur, while on his way home from town, a tew days ago, being drunk, fell from his wagon and received Injuries which caused his ' death in a few hours. Hoag are dying In immense numbers in several townships around Acton, in the northwestern part of Shelby County, and the edge of Marion. Whole herds in that vicinity have been diseased, nearly all of which died. . , At Seymour, the other night, Miss Theodora Durham discovered a burglar cutting the slate of her windows, when she took up a revolver and fired two shots at him. Blood on the window the next morning told that he had been hit but not sufficient to prevent his escape.

' Rochester Union-Spy: The excursion train that left here last Sunday for LaPorte, carried with it 000,1 passen gere, Dr. Terry. There were five or six persons down to see him off. Times are so hard that if there was an excursion to heaven for two dollars the round trip, we doubt if there could be * coach filled In this city. Among the more remarkable wheat yields reported this year by the State papers, were the following: Luther Johnson, of Miami county, threshed 35 acres of the Fultz variety, which averaged 46$ bushels to the acre; Wm. Rotherick, of Crawford oounty, threshed S 3 bushels, the product of 40 pounds of seed; Dan Marion, of CarroU oounty, had 45 bushels to the acre, which weighed 66 pounds to the bushel; Wm Lukens, of Madison county, from lees than 2] acres, had 132 measured bushels, which weighed out 149 bushels; Samuel Patterson, of Knqx oounty, bad 35 bushels per acre from 50 acres; A C. Simpson, of the same oounty, had 40 bushels to the acre on 33 acres; W. F. Murray, of Fayette county, had 76 bushels from less than one acre and a half of ground.

NEWS NOTES.

There are five State tickets in the field in lowa. More rain and iuundailons are reported in France. As attempt to levy a4ax on palm trees is creating a rumpus in Madras, India. • It is said that the loss to Russia from the cattle plague, this year, will reach $24,t»0,000. Many well-informed Southern men estimate the nungber of deaths, last year from yellow fever at 60,000. The Secretary of War ifoa dismissed six cadets from the West Point Military Academy for hazing otiier students. The State debt ordinance has passed the Louisiana Constitutional Convention by a vote of seventy-two to forty - ou§. It is estimated that six countries In Europe will he compelled to buy three hundred million bushels of wheat, this year. Napoleon Bonaprtk was hanged in Miiwissippi a few days ago, for the murder of Ben. Butler. Both were colored men. Fourth Duke of Geneva, the $16,000 short-hom bull, belonging to Abram Reuick, of Winchester, Ind., has just died. The general term of the Court of Common Pleas in New York h&s just decided that the city is reSpon Bible for accidents caused by ice. and snow left on the sidewalk.

Lord Derby, in a recent address to English tenant farmers, could suggest ■ to them no relief but emigration. He, therefore, advised them to find homes in America or Australia. The Government has decided upon the price it will pay this year for telegraphic dispatches. Something like 1 cent per word for each circuit of 500 miles, is the general rate. > During the first week in July, in England, rains, bail, wind and " f fogs prevailed, and -in Derbyshire, north, of London, hundreds of lambs were literally frozen to death. The receipts of the Post Office Department, as shown by the returns of the various Post Offices throughout the country, during • the quarter ending March 31, reached the unprecedented amount of $7,(140,000. Rochester, Ind., is laying her plans for the holding of a Grand Band Tournament to be held on the 25th of September. The “Sentinel” announces that Logans port has already signified her intention to take a part. Peru, which is noted all over the State for its villainous hotels, is to have a new one, to be erected on the site of the present Broadway house.- Hon. D. It Beane has in hand this scheme to give to-Peru a flrwt-clasa hotel- * i

Thb demand for the standard-silver dollars ffsr desolation continues at the rate of about $660,000 per month. At the prueant rate of coinage and sales, it Is estimated there will be about 31,000,000 of the standanl-aUrer dollars in the Treasury when the winter seaeion of Congress begins. Ik the ease of C has tine Cox, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Dr. Hull, of New York, and under sentence of iVnt K , the oounsel for the prisoner, on a petition for a* writ of error, has secured a stay of the sentence. The qamOm of a new trial will he argued In October.

INTERESTING ITEMS

Taa Cornish mines have been worked for over 1,000 years. / Tub past collegiate year has been very prolific of college rebellions. An Ohio editor has been fined one cent for calling a man a “scalawag.” A Norwich (Vt.) man ha* made a set of wooden teeth, which he wears, The largest cornfield In the State of Rhode Island contains twenty acres. In Richmond, Va., over two-thirds of the populatfou use kerosene lamps. Th* sugar crop of Cuba exceeds that of last year by more than 106,000 tons. For the daily snpply of the British metropolis aoout 6,500 live beasts are sent to the London market. A ran In Yarmouth, Mass., exhibits well-preserved shingles, which have been on nik house 102 years. A church at Cynthiana, Ky M gave “a grand picnic and horse-race” last week for the benefll'of Its fundß. The population of the Island of Ceylon Is about 260,000, of whom 15,000 belong to the Church of England. At the marriage lately of Lord Durham’s second son, eight of the eleven bridesmaids were tbe bride’s sisters.

The New York physicians have found a case where a man’s heart has shifted from the left to the right .side. A bird’s nest with two eggs was found at Providence, recently, in a bunch of bananas that had just arrived from the tropics. A singular case of hydrophobia is mentioned by the New Haven Journal as occuring twenty years after the bite of a rabid dog. In Jefferson county, Tenn., two brothers by the name of Caldwell got up to look for burglars, and in the dark one shot and killed the other. The recent State census Shows that the population of Nebraska is about 380,400, or nearly 100 times greater than It was twenty-five years ago. Bracelets with lead pencils attached are among the latest fancies. These pencils are ran through a ring attached to the bracelet when not In use. The London Tablet declares that there is hardly an Englisfo noble family thet has not given one or more of its members as converts to the Catholic Church. . , • • » ■ North Perky, Me., has an infant: giantess in perfect health, which, though but a year old, is three feet high, and weighs as much os a healthy 13-year-old boy. On the night of May 22, a Moscow policeman named Yarighin arrested a youug lady of good fondly in the act of posting Nihilist proclamations. As a reward he was given one hundred roubles, and the young lady has been seuteuced to banishment to Siberia.

A Fatal Snake Bite.

An account of -a fatal snake bite in Harrisou county, Indiana, is given by the New Albany Ledger-Standard as follows: Monday afternoon, William Highflll, who was running a steam threshing machine, stopped it on account of getting ahead of those assisting, anu went to the stable loft to help stow away straw, as he wished to complete the work as soon as possible. Owing to the fact of his be binding his instep, he cut a slit in the boot at the place. As soon as he reached the loft he felt a stinging sensation on his instep* and upon looking around he saw the tail of a large snake making Its way through the logs of the building. He at once reported to those near that he had been snake-bitten, but thought lightly of it aud went on to work. Within half an hour after being bitten, he became deathly . sick, and was obliged to quit work. Within an hour after the accident a stripe appeared upon the side of his leg, up the side of

the body into the arm, and extended even to the tips of the fingers. The stripe swelled rapidly, and became as spotted as a leopard. His leg, side and arm became stiff sore and intensely painful, aud soon the afflicted man became unconscious and as crazy as a loon. Borne one suggested that he.be given whisky, but not a drop oould be found in the whole neighborhood. As soon as possible Mr. H. was removed to Elizabeth, and Dr. Funk was called in to administer to his needs. All that could*be done was to infect morphine Into his limbs and body, out it appeared to do no good. The pain became worse every moment, until the poor m&n was in the utmost agony. He raved and fought, frothed at the mouth, and was almost unmanageable by several strongmen. At midnight last night no relief had been given, and all efforts to ease the terrible agony seemed futile. Mr. H. is a young man about 26, is married and is much respected.

A Kaffir Wedding.

Mrs. Hutchinson, the authoress, was present at a Kaffir marriage, and “was surprised to see what really pleasing faces many at the women had. and how tastefully their rather meagre toilettes were arranged.” Their toilettes were, indeed, “meagre,” bui she adds that “the modesty and unconsciousness with which they Were worn could not have been surpassed by the most artless white-frocked. debutante that ever blushed in a drawing room at home.” Mrs. Hutchinson continues: The wedding was at a kraal about two miles from the camp. Shall I ever forget that drive, as we jolted over stones and “shaved” ant hills, and bumped id and ku w ui •■dies, the mules all the time going at ftdl gallop tin we really expected that the cart would turn over with us every moment? •

• • As we approached the kraal our earn were greeted by the shrieks, yells and howl* of the wedding party, and on surmounting a ridge of ground we came upon a company all in “full fig,” practicing one of their dances. Tae men wore large plumes of Mack feathers, which covered their beads and hung down over their shoulders. They h«H au>M« oovered with cowhide and carried sticks, which they waved and brandtahed In a very warlike manner. They were continually in motion, stamping; grunting and shouting, and at lari feu Into a kind of procession, which moved on toward the kraal, dancing all the way. Every now and then some warrior, more than usually excited,-would buret-from the ranks and bound, with a high stepping action, several yards in advance. He would then stop, and with queer antics and strange gyrations, would go through the motion of killing his an-

tagonists, continuing them, amidst tbe plaudits of his companions until they caught him op, when be would fell in, only to toe exceeded by an excited rival, eager to equal if not outdo him. The two sisters of the bride, elegantly attired in a few rows of green, white and pink beads, accompanied the jovial crew, shrieking ana racing about as if possessed. The father of tue bride was there too, distinguishable from the other “braves” by the extra length of his tail feathers, which hung from the tap of his bead and. readied all down his back. As this interested company proceeded they were met by women In paira»all»dreßßed (?) alike in tbe same alarming simplicity, who ran to meet them, screaming at the top of their voices and making a most peculiar tremulous shrill noise which reminded me more of “neighing” than anything else. These fell Into the ranks, as did alarge company of young girls and children, who Ml rushed to meet the procession, yelling as loud as they could and appearing to be quite mad with exdtemeut. The whole body then advanced at a majestic sort of pace, ail taking one step forward at tne same moment, raising their shields, giving a stamp and a yell,'and so cn till they got to a sort of parade ground in front of the kraal, where they drew up iu line two or three deep and continued tbe stamping and shouting, waving of arms, positioning and other manoevres, accompanying themselves with a song, which consisted in the perpetual reiteration or three notes in a minor key. I have ascertained that this tune is the same which is used by them on all similar occasions. The bride, surrounded by a whole bevy of sisters and sympathizing friends, knelt on the mat facing the dancers, and held a shield and a knife in her hand. Her diess consisted of beads arranged with great taste, and ber hair was elaborately got up with the brass wire and palm oil of the period. But what entertained us the most was the blase contemptuous expressions of her countenance, which was evidently the highest mode for Kaffir brides to assume.

How Do You Govern Your Child?

A weak, nervous system is often the result of wrong training in early childhood. The elements of fear, is generally one of the most influential among the mental traits of young children, and on this account, is frequently made use of, as a means of discipline for coutroling the innocent little intruders of mischief. Ignorant nurses and servant girls, as well as ignorant and injudicious parents, are inclined to use the scaring and frightening discipline as a means of government for children. It is too frequent the practice, to frighten the children Dy absurd, bug bear stories, which excites their lear. intimidates their freedom and usually weakens their nervous systems to irritability and weakness. From inexperience and undeveloped reasons, children are exceedingly credulous aud readily believe those absurd stories of hobgoblins, witches, and the threats of shutting them up in a room, where they will see raw heads, bloody bones or white ghosts. These are all ve’-y wrong, and should never be mentioned to children in such a manner as to excite fear, or call to their memory, (which in childhood is very weak,) when in the dark places or absent outdoors after dark, these frightful, objective stories, are sure to create terror in the mind of a young child.- * A severe strain is thus often produced on the nervous seusibilities, which is very injurous to the physical health, and sometimes proves the cause of morbid, nervous diseases and even in extreme cases terminates in insanity. ;

“Lady” Gamblers in London.

The number of gamblers in London is increasing steadily. A correspondent of the Standard states therein more gambling among women at the present time than has been the case since Eublic gambling tables were put down y act of Parliament. The harmless bet of a few pairs of gloves at race meetings is now considered for beneath the. notice of a dashing matron or fast* maiden. There are not a few female “plungers” on the turf who “put the pot on,” as the idiotic jargon of the race course has it, with as much eagerness as the broke subaltern at the Raleigh, who stands to win a heap of money at Ascot or at Goodwood, with the alternative of ruininghisold father, the ooun try rector, if he loses, and allow his sisters' portions to be swallowed up in paying his “debts of honor.” If the female plunger be unmarried she has resource probably to some accommodating dressmaker, or, worse still, she accepts pecuniary help from some male friend, and perhaps puts herself foi life in the power of a man who will one day make her pay dearly for her indiscreaton.

How to Have a Loving Wife.

If you would have a loving wife, be as gentle in your words after as - before marriage; treat her quite as tenderly when a matron as when a miss; don’t make her the maid of all work, and ask her why she looks less tidy and neat, than when yon first knew her: don’t buy cheap, tough beef and scold because it does not come on the table “porterhouse;” don’t smoke and chew tobacco, and thus shatter your nerves, spoil your temper, make your breath a nuisance, and complain that your wife declines to kiss you; go home joyous and cheerful to your supper, and tell your tired wife the good news you have heard, and not silently put on your hat and go out to theclnb or lodge and let her afterward learn, that you spen t the evening at the opera, or at a fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife; be patient; remember you are not perfects but try to be; let whisky, tobacco, and vulgar company alone; spend your evenings with your wife; live a decent, Christian life, and your wife will be loving and true—(if you did not marry a heartless beauty, without sense or worth:) if you did, who is to blame if you suffeTthe consequences? ’ An Albany lady informed a visitor who came to see her new house that she was having “nicks made in the Walk in Wihich to place statuettes, and m one of them-a burst of her husband.”

A PIKE’S PEAK PARALYZER.

Being a Lady’s Aoooont of a Thrilling Experience and Men/ . Dangers. 'The following pen picture of the ascent of Pike’s Peak by a lady, is taken from a private letter to a lady: My Dear M , I have sat down to give you a description of oar ascent of Pike’s Peak; and although it beggars description, yet I must give you an aooount of what befell us. I must say, to begin with, I have quite enough of mountains; I want no more of them. Give me old Logahsport on a dead level, and “Ye crags and peaks” may belong

to goats and deer. Miss E , H , and I started at seven o’clock yesterday morning. It was a bright, beautiful morning, and we started on stout broncho ponies, with wraps, etc. A Scotch gentleman joined us v H—— led the way, Miss E and I next, and the Scotchman behind, so we were guarded in front and rear. As we climbed the mountain, the air was delicious. The trail is just wide enough for the horse to have foothold, most of the pqth being impossible for two horses to pass. To the right were the ravines aud deep gorges; to the left the perpendicular rock rising abruptly. We, or rather I, kept my eyes well fixed on the horse, not daring to look below. I would hot for thousands of dollars have turned in the saddle and looked down. After about two miles of steep climbing, we reached a beautiful part of tbe road where we follow a mountain stream. The road up this stream was interspersed with waterfalls and charming little groves where wild flowers completely covered the ground. They were of the most exquisite hues, and we determined to have a large bouquet on our return. We began to. creep up the mountain again, and although not so perpendicular as before, it was bad enough. After seven miles of this sort, we reached the “Lake House,” a log building situated on a lake a quarter of a mile long, at the height of ten thousand feet. They supjiose the lake is of volcanic origin, having no inlet or visible outlet, The water is brackish* and disafreeable to the taste. The house is ept by a very nice lady. Here we dismounted, rested, took lunch and left Miss E., she wisely concluding the rest of the journey was too severe, and, considering what followed.it was mercy she was not with us. H., I and the

Scotchman proceeded, and I tell you we went straight Up. The road, with the exception of was not dangerous, there being no ravines beside the path. Two thousand feet more and we reached the timber line, beyond which no trees grow. Then we rose. it seemed, above heaven and earth. Grass and flowers grew in abundance, especially a beautiful little blue forget-me-not. By this time clouds began forming in every direction, and scudding across the mountain. The view was superb. Encased by mountains, ourselves and poor little horses above all. you may know what pigmies we felt like. The clouds above, below and surrounding us; the sun bursting out at intervals and illuminating the peaks till they looked like torches of fire. The scene was magnificent, grand and imposing. I could not see H.’s horse in front of me. Finally we left even the grass and plowed through heights oi broken stone. Then we began to see what was before us. The storm gathered thick and fast; we could see it in all directions; aud as it closed in, hail, thunder, and lightning commenced.- I must confess I began to be dreadfully frightened, but the hope of reaching the top urged me on. We rounded upon a chasm called the “Crater.” From the natne you can imagine what a dreadful place it is. In this was a terrific thunder storm beiling up as from a chaldron. A clap came and shook the very earth, white we all felt the shock distinctly. On we plunged, and with joy I heard H.’s cry of, “The top! Here we are.” A few steps more through a snow-bank and rocks, and a stone hut with the United States colors braving the storm at 14,370 feet above the sea, came in view. I was dragged off the horse, for by this time, I was stiff and exhausted. Here a party was huddled

together around a stove with a hot fire in it/ One lady and two boys, beside a party of gentlemen. A party that we passed on the road, soon came up, consisting of eleven, many of them children; they had four horses among them. The little children had not ridden, but walked all the way. Just, saucy it. The slightest exertion in tpis atmosphere causes your heart to beat as if you had been running. I gathered a few flowers that bloomed around the hut amid the snow. We rested three quarters of an hour. We could see nothing and as the clouds appeared to break away, we thought we had better hurry back. In the* room at the Signal station, on the stove is this inscription: “We melt snow for water, raise our own vegetables do our owu cooking and answer what questions we have a mind to.” Here is the grave of Nora , the daughter of the keeper at the station, who was eaten by mountian rats. What a weird spot for a grave!

As we came down we thought we should escape tbe storm, but as we reached the grass it broke upon us in its fury. I cannot describe the awful position we were in. We sought shelter beneath a huge rock and were joined by a young fellow that had only a linen over garment on. You never saw such black clouds. They appeared like midnight blackness; tbe rain and hall cpmmenced, but when it abated we started out. We had scarcely got off again when the storm blew tip and then we were right in the middle or the clouds, the forked lightning running all around us, the hail as large as hickory nuta, pelting us and the roar, crash and crack of a thousand batteries over it all. Ijumped off thehnrse, paralysed with fear, and sat on the earth. Every moment I thought we would be struck with the lightning. The cold was severe, our hands and feet were numbed; we were drenched to the skin and the trigbt and horror of the situation was beyond description. Tbe homes were frightened, ana we hung on the side of the mountain in agony. H. turned white as a sheet. Tbe Scotchman turned the telegraph wire to allow ills horse to pass under and was shocked as from an eleefrie battery —that frightened him. It seemed as if Jupiter and all the furies were hurling their thunderbolts at us. Ithink a second experience like that would kill me outright. The nervous shock was so great. Finding It got no better We plunged on afoot, H. leading my horse and his. I mounted again, however. and suddenly the clouds lifted up as fra pall bad risen over us. The sight was majestic. The danger of further descending was great, as the

trail was so slippery from the hail and water; but we reached the “lake House” about half part five, thankfttl indeed for the preservation of our lives. Everything is so immense and the height so great that you fed like an atom suspended in mid-air. We witnessed e scene that but few see, and I can realise more fully the marvelous works of the creation. Indeed I can sing the Te Deum Magnificats .with a deeper appreciation of its. grandeur. Borne gentleman said he would have given thousand of dollars te have witnessed such a display. I thought I would take the money and he might have the experience. We took dinner at the “Lake House” and at six pushed homeward. We urged the horses to the utmost, anxious to reach and pass the precipitous part of the road before dark. Here MisS E* took the lead and H. staid to gather flowers. We reached the house at eight, very stiff and sore. The storm could be seen from the Springs raging around the “Peak.” Our storm was one of the wont that has ever been known. The better way is to go from here in the afternoon, remain at the “Lake House” all night and go up the “Peak” early in the morning when the weather is invariably fine. In the afternoon you are never certain of the weather. MCliff House, M&nitou Springs, Col., July 16.

Indian Views of Immortality.

Colonel Carrington, U. B. A. The physical ability of the red man is coupled with the assumption of his untamed ferocity. He is called a savage, while the record shows that the \airagansette of New England, the Delewares of New York, the Pawnees aud Wimiebagoes of the Northwest have faithfully kept their faith and have done good for tbe white man. The popular Impression holds fast ground that the Indian has neither religion,'rporals or honor, Iu spifeof the fact that modern treaties have been shams, and that Sitting Bull was simply emphatic when he said to General Terry that he would makepeace “when he saw a white man that did not lie,” there are some facts of a different nature which dignify the Indian, and teach the Christian white man a lesson. These foots go farther than this, and instruct skeptics that their notions professedly scientific, would be despised by the Indians # of the Northwest. Ingersoll’s dogmas*would be considered foolishness, aud a senible Indian would cry out, “Wiskeat”—“Out of my path:” “I despise you.” ■ A few leading thougts as to the religious views of the Sioux, Pawnees, Arrapahoes, and Northern Cheyennes will illustrate the idea now presented. Ik is strange that the commissioners who have interposed in behalf of the Indians have sought to teach them the Christian faith without seeking to find out what they held as a spiritual faith. Interviews with chiefo of all these bands bring to light some startling focts as to their views upon some quite orthordox questions. Three are noted: 1, profanity; 2, future reward; 3, future punishment. The ludian holds that the profanation of the Great Spirit (God) is vile. An old Indian called upon the writer of this article, and. pointing to a child only 5 years old, said: “Papposse wiskeat an teas” (pappoose curse father,) “pappoose wiskeat autrara” (pappoose curse mother.) When remonstrated with he answered: “Great Spirit gives us air,earth and water. Great Spirit gave pappoose to white chief, Great Spirit gave white chief this pappoose. Not so bad for pappoose to curse white cheif. as for white chief to curse the Great Spirit.” Thus, while the Indian may borrow expletives from the whPe man, he has no tolerance of the idea of using in vain the holy name of the Great Spirit. This is a lesson from the Indian to the white man. ! .

As to a future state, his views are best reflected from a simple statement of facts. The battle-field, after the Phil. Kearney massacre, was a horrible scene. Three officers ami seventy-eight men were brought into the fort for burial. The mutilations were never before, never since, equalled. On one rock was a half-skull, cut through at the mouth, cleared of brains, and filled with eye-balls, toe aud finger joints. The calves of the leg, the muscles of the thigh, breast, arm, and back, were taken out, so that if the victim had mental consciousness he could not move his body. Earnest inquiry of some Cheyenne chiefs devoloped this explanation of this multilation. The explanations was the more impressive, because the victims had not been-kill-ed by rifle or pistol halls, but had been slowly tortured to death, after their ammunition wes speut. Everybody was stripped, everybody was full of arrows, more than a hundred were taken from their bodies, aud many shafts had to be cut oft before the dead men could be loaded in wagons, when their remains were rescued.

This seemed horrible; but the philosophy of Indian torture brings to light a strange indorsement of the pervasive ideas which ail mankind entertain as to eternal rewards and punishment. Of course, there are exceptions to the term, all mankind. Colonel Ingersoll is not one, for his whole nature is humane, and when he really knows himself, he cannot have lower aspirations than the Indian. The exceptions proper, for there are infidels, theoretically, rarely sentiously, can get a hint from the North American savage. What is the Indian heaven? Jt is a happy hunting ground, where every physical taste or longing Is promptly and fully satisfied. If he wants food it is ready to his bund. Horses, game, and all luxuries abound. Blossoms and fruit grow upon the same tree at the same time. All (s perennial and perpetual. What is the Indian’s hell? It is the same in place and profusion of luxury, but the bad caunot partake. Like Dives, who beheld Lazarus in Abraham’s bosom, he sees, craves, and punts*for relief, but he cannot grasp. If is in the light of these facts that the tortures referred to have significance. With the muscles of the arm cut out, the victim could not pull a bowstring, a trigger, or throw (isspear; with the muscles of the leg and back cut out, the victim could not ~toop for water, or put a foot in thestirrup; with hunger aqd thirst wrought up to agony with water at his feet, and meat ready oooKed, within bis reach, he could niot reach it.

A grander idea still, grows out of this Indian philosophy, ahd that Is this, that as a man ends his life, so he begins a new life, and that in proportion as he is crippled, here, so he will be feeble for the future. Thus ft is that bad habits, physical or mental enfbetdemept, lessen the fitness for enjoyment of the happy hunting grounds. This much of Indian religion is suggestive to the average Christain, and demonstrates, so far as it goes, the great law of accountability and responsibility, which no dogma of the infidel and no affectation of science, falsely, so-called, can long combat. £j g IT It Is real worth that distinguishes the true gentleman, or lady.

AGRICULTURAL.

A solution of carbolic arid in 900 ports of water has been found effective for scab. A strong decoction oftohacoo is a good wash, also. A good remedy against the scale insect is to use a suds made of carbolic soap, and brush the affected parts with it thoroughly, leaving it dry thereon. A Michigan lady says that to kill insects she usee one teaspoenlhi of kerosene to a gallon of water and sprinkles it on the plants with a hand-broom. It destroys green flies and other peris. The manure of cown and pigs resists decomposition for a longer time than that of the sheep and horse—both the latter being dryer than the former, and decomposing more readily in the soil. Don’t forget your table com. A patch should be planted' every ten or twelve days until the beginning of July, and then you can Cat it ever day when the first crop is ready and continue to do so until sharp frost intervenes In October.

A successful dairyman feeds his cows night and morning the year round, and in each feed puts a teaspoonful of salt. He considers this method of salting cows preferable to the usual one of giving animals salt once or twice a week, and thinks his method adds largely to the amount of milk given. The English dairy formers get immense returns from their grass lauds by free use of bone manure.* One Cheshire farmer says that by this he can feed forty cows from land that formerly gave him product sufficient to feed only twenty. The English farmers believe. In ’’boning” the grass land especially. Charcoal, pulverized and mixed with water, is now highly recommended as an agent for relieving cattle suffering from any derangement of the stomach, such as bloat or hoven, etc. This should be remembered. There is no doubt of its efficacy, if abundance of concurrent testimony can be relied •upon. Large evergreens are very much out of place on the sunny side of a house, while they form au appropriate screen and windbreak aloug the cold and exposed sides of the building. Shade trees are often planted too near to our dwellings, and too thickly, so as to make the house dark, damp and cheerless.

An agricultural exchange says to kill ticks on sheep, throw in the bora yard a few small, thrifty, second-growth fir trees. The sheep will eat the leaves and small twigs greedily, and often strip off all the bark. The ticks will all leave the sheep in a few days, the strong odor from the oil of the fir driving them away. Rolling the meadows with a heavy l oiler will level the surface by reducing the hummocks, sinking stones and sticks or roots, and compact the soil about the roots, and so strengthen the grass. A light dressing, 100 pounds nitrate of soda per acre, for instance, will encourage the growth and add largely to the yield. The practice of washing sheep before shearing, says an Eastern sheep-raiser, is very disagreeable and unnecessary. Nothing is gained in the price of the wool; iu fact, the usual deduction made by wool buyers for unwashed wool leaves an advantage with the seller. The practice is dangerous to the health of both men and sheep, and may well be abolished.

New England has over 230 formers’ clubs, with 72,000 active members and library books to the number of 21,000, and iu the United States there are nearly 2,000 agricultural societies with 58,000 volumes iu their libraries, and with access to 360 different agricultural publications, all exerting a direct influence on the intelligence and future prospects of the tillers of the soil. . __ + Guinea fowl are among the most active destroyers of the Colorado beetle, a writer claiming that one guinea hen will protect an acre of potatoes. Whether or not they possets such a surprising capacity of gizzard, they certainly prey on the beetle, as well as many other insect pests. They lay more eggs than other poultry and their eggs are unaqualed for cake and other culinary purposes. A Vermont farmer recommends the use of sawdust as a bedding for cattle, to keep them clean and absorb the liquid manure. An experience of twenty years in using on a large farm shows that it does not injure the soil, being freely applied in this way. Some soils, no doubL would be improved by the addition or sawdust; others might be injured somewhat for a time until the sawdust decayed.

A Young Man Caught in a Loop of Red Hot Wire.

Johnstown (Pa.) Trlbnae. The victim’s name was Richard O. Jones, and he lived with his stepfather, Wm. S. Jones, on Market street, between Main and Vine. The accident happened at the Rod Mill, where he was employed as “stlcker-iu” at the finishing rolls, his work being to catch the end of the wire rods as they came through the rolls and guide them through the last pass before they are wound upon the spindle at the north end of the building. At a quarter after 6 o’clock this morning, only fifteen minutes before the usual quitting time one of the long red-hot rods, whose end he had just inserted in his part of the rolls, became twisted as It was guided along the iron floor behind him by a boy named John Bingham. The rolls were running at the rate of 450 revolutions ner minute, and the twist caused the wire to curvert through the air, one of the loops foiling over young Jones’ body, just below the ribs, and drawing jhim down on his knees with his back against the rolls, through which the wire sped with lightning-like rapidity. John Devine, a fellow-workman, was standing within a few feet of the victim, but was pewerlew to render any assistance. John Rowley seized an ax, and with a blow severed the wire, but not before it had cut aud burned its way through the body of the victim. The left arm was severed between the elbow and shoulder, the right between the elbow and wrist, and a portion of the backbone was all that held the multilated body together. His bowlear were cat into small pieces fell out in a mass on the floor.

Does Advertising Pay?

It almost looks silly, to ask such a question, when such men as Barnum, Bonner. Stewart, As tor, Franklin, Vanderbilt and many others of our successful merchants, attribute their immense success and prosperity, to the free medium of advertising. A man who is afraid to advertise, as a general riling, is a close customer to deal with. He sees his neighbor merchant, doing an immense business, on the strength of letting people know, through advertisements, what inducements be ean offer them to come far and near, examine goods, compare prices and quality without fault or fear, and by so doing never fails to effect a sale of something, that he otherwise would have missed. His next door

neighbor, who says, u let tbe goods advertise themselves,” wonders why it is that he has po trade, as he aits idly by; while the next door neighbor, ooins the dimes in the busy mart of merchandise, pays his Mils and goes home happy, and sleeps on the con-; tented pillow of success. Whenever a business is too poor, then advertise and make it better; don’t wait for something to turn up by chance, but go and turn it up.

Pushing a Heifer to Church.

ConstaMe Eberly has arrested John Wolf John Saylor. Clinton Christ, Abdison Ditxler anu.uo**i»«Bsinger. From ail foots it appears that the defendants, with others, proceeded to Penpypaekerts meeting-houfte which is located about six miles north of this place. When they arrived there they speculated upon the chanoes of frightening the congregation, if such a thing could be done. At first it was proposed to impress a full-grown cow into service, but the animal was found to large. The design of the young men was to have something appear to the penitent people that had horns. “Well if we can’t get aoow, down there In the meadow is a heifer; suppose we get hold of her. We can handle her better than a cow,” said one of the leaders. It was a getting dark, and, as tbe motion was seconded and agreed to*it was resolved to wait until dark. The animal was about 1J years old. One es the men grabbed it around the neck, two others by the shoulders, two by the hind quarters and one took hold of its tail and give it an extra twist. The heifer commenced bawling louder and louder as tiie fbung men came nearer the meet-ing-house The animal was very much scared, and its “bawl” was very loud and unnatural. Ever now ana then the young man having the tail-piece in charge would give it an extra twist, and the heifer would shake up the surroundings that reviberated clean into tbe meeting-house. On came the heifer, the youug men laughing, but determined to carry out their original intention. At first they wan ted to throw it in through the window, hut the heifer was too heavy and the men two frill of laughter. “Bah!” veiled the heifer, but the noise was dreadful and unearthly. They reached the meeting-house yard, and when they came quite near the door they were quiet. Suddenly springing open the door they gave the heifer a violent push and an twist of the tail, and the brute yelled terrible as it showed itk white face in the center aisle. The minister was astounded and the heifer pranced and; kicked. The wompn .folks screamed at the top of i their voices, and the brave men of the congregation who got over their fright jumped up to put the animal out. Rev. Weirich, the Methodist minister, was greatly alarmed. He said it was the' devil. He had been preaching the necessity of repentance of sins or punishment will surely follow. When the young men pushed in the heifer they yelled and departed and disappeared in the darkness. The deacons succeeded in driving out the animal, but the services ended abruptly. It was soon discovered who the guilty ones were and information was accordingly sworn out against them.

A Queer Pet.

From the Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise. Tom Jackson, of this city, - has a trained horned toad, which is quite a curiosity. It is as tame asa kitten, and in a quiet way, is full of fun. Mrs. Jackson has trained the little fellow to stand erect upon his hind feet, to stand on his head—steadying himself with his forepaws—to turn over on his hack and sham dead, and to do quite a number of similar tricks. Tom says he thinks she will soon have the toad trained to play the jewsharp quite as well as the average Pibte musician. The toad is fed on flies and similar insects, but is also very fond of milk, which it drinks from a spoon. Although always called a homed toad or homed frog In this country, the little beast is a lizard. Naturalists call it an iguanian lizard of the genus phrynosoma. Our mountaineers, who are often quite as close observed of every liviug thing met with in the wilds as any naturalist, speak of a thing characteristic of the horned toad that we have ne\»er seen mentioned by any of the scientists. It is that when the female is teased by a* dog it ejects two small streams or slender threads of blood—at least a red liquid resembling blood. The liquid is sported to the distance of nearly two feet, and with considerable force. The liquid is evidently provided the Uttle animal as a means of defense against foxes, wolves and,, such animals, and, whatever may be ite nature, it renders a dog very uncomfortable in the region of the stomach. One dose of it satisfies his curiosity.

Make Yourself Agreeable.

The true art of being agreeable is to appear well-pleased with all the company, :uid rather to seem well-enter-tained with them than to give entertainment to them. A man thus disposed perhaps may not have much learning or any wit; but if he has common sense, and something friendly in his behavior, itconciliates men’s minds more.than the brightest talents without this disposition, and when a man if such a turn comes to old age, he is almost sure to be treated with respect. It is true, indeed, that we should not dissemble and flatter in company; but a man may be very agreeable, strictly consistant with truth and Sincerity, by a prudent silence when he cannot concur, aud a pleasing assent when he can. It is not best for us to be hasty in offering out opinions, or proffer advice, until we know it will be appreciated,, or is asked for. q-T' The advice, that is always at tongue’s end. Is usually not very desirable nor valuable to considerate men.

Why do we Scratch our Heads.

Nearly every person has some means of stimulating the mental recollection, and bringing to mind something that memory had almost lost. There are two nerves; known as the fifth pair, which are distributed to tbe skin of the head, and are closely connected with the heart and vessels, and by stimulating their branches the circulation may be quickened. It Is a curious fact that people of all nations are accustomed, when in any difficulty, to stimulate one or another branch or tbe fifth nerve, and quicken their mental progress. Thus some persons,' when puzzled, scratch their heads; other rub their foreheads, and others stroke or pull their beards, thus stimulating the occipital, frontal or mental branches of those nerves. ■« ■ » f ' A little girl in the infant class ofja Sunday School thoroughly appreciated the difference being good from choice and from necessity. At tbe -dose cf school one day, the teaches remarked. “Beckie, dew, yon have been a very good little glri to-day.” 1 Yes’m, I couldn’t help being good, I got a ’riff neck,” theyouthful Beckie replied with perfect seriousness. A good, square kick will sometimes help a man frirther along in this world toward independence and prosperity than a doeetr pulls by the hand.—Oil City Derrick.